# Graffy, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Inishkeel, barony of Boylagh, Co. Donegal; in Irish An Ghrafaidh. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,638,756 m² (163.88 ha, 404.95 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 96,354 m² (9.64 ha, 23.81 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 3 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Inishkeel, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/inishkeel.md - Barony: Boylagh - Electoral division: Graffy, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Graffy electoral division: 150 people in 65 households; 86% of households own their home; 19% of homes were built since 2001; 33% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 12% 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/14759 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51449 - Centre: latitude 54.811798, longitude -8.165309 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 18 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Graffy, from 325 m² to 218,746 m² (21.87 ha, 54.05 acres); 19 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1416099: 218,746 m² (21.87 ha, 54.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416099.md - Parcel 1416098: 191,433 m² (19.14 ha, 47.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416098.md - Parcel 1381626: 177,971 m² (17.8 ha, 43.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1381626.md - Parcel 1381628: 157,878 m² (15.79 ha, 39.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1381628.md - Parcel 1416103: 134,802 m² (13.48 ha, 33.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416103.md - Parcel 1416097: 134,479 m² (13.45 ha, 33.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416097.md - Parcel 1381623: 121,604 m² (12.16 ha, 30.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1381623.md - Parcel 1405534: 99,664 m² (9.97 ha, 24.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1405534.md - Parcel 1416100: 98,352 m² (9.84 ha, 24.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416100.md - Parcel 1391216: 94,356 m² (9.44 ha, 23.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391216.md - Parcel 1416101: 73,419 m² (7.34 ha, 18.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416101.md - Parcel 2580530: 70,756 m² (7.08 ha, 17.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2580530.md - Parcel 1416102: 47,690 m² (4.77 ha, 11.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416102.md - Parcel 1381624: 7,291 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1381624.md - Parcel 1381625: 5,869 m² (0.59 ha, 1.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1381625.md - Parcel 1423997: 1,551 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1423997.md - Parcel 1381627: 655 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1381627.md - Parcel 3663707: 325 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663707.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Graffy 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) 3 applications, newest first. - 7 Oct 2021, Donegal County Council 2151990: Refused. Permission. A 10 YEAR PERMISSION FOR AN AMENDED WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT, WITH AN OPERATIONAL LIFE OF 30 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE FIRST COMMISSIONING, IN LIEU OF THE PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT [AN BORD PLEANÁLA REFERENCE NUMBER: PL 05B.237656] CONSISTING OF (A) ERECTION OF EIGHT WIND TURBINES WITH BOTH A NORDEX 133 AND AN ENERCON 126 MODEL ASSESSED, WITH ONLY ONE TYPE OF THE IDENTIFIED TURBINE MODELS TO BE ERECTED IN THE TOWNLANDS OF GRAFFY, MEENAMANRAGH, AND DALRAGHAN MORE, GLENTIES; (B) ASSOCIATED ACCESS TRACKS & HARDSTANDS, UNDERGROUND CABLE CONNECTIONS AND PEAT RECOVERY AREAS IN THE TOWNLANDS OF GRAFFY, MEENAMANRAGH, DALRAGHAN MORE, GLENTIES; (C) A METEOROLOGICAL MAST 80M HIGH IN THE TOWNLAND OF GRAFFY, GLENTIES; (D) A SUBSTATION AND A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND IN THE TOWNLAND OF MEENAGRUBBY, GLENTIES; (E) AN UNDERGROUND GRID CONNECTION, CIRCA 7.5KMS LONG, FROM THE PROPOSED SUBSTATION AT MEENAGRUBBY TO THE TIEVEBRACK ELECTRICITY STATION AT DRUMNALOUGH THROUGH THE TOWNLANDS OF MEENAGRUBBY, MEENAMANRAGH, GRAFFY, BANGANBOY, STRACASHEL, MEENAMALRAGH, DRUMCONCOOSE AND DRUMNALOUGH, GLENTIES; (F) ROAD STRENGTHENING, VERGE WIDENING AND CULVERT EXTENSIONS ALONG THE DELIVERY ROAD THROUGH THE TOWNLANDS OF LUGAVEEN, TIEVERAGH, DALRAGHAN MORE, MEENAMANRAGH AND GRAFFY AND A NEW ROAD SECTION AT LUGAVEEN TO FACILITATE DELIVERIES OF TURBINES. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151990/0 - 16 Jun 2021, Donegal County Council 2151202: N/a. Permission. 10 YEAR PERMISSION FOR AN AMENDED WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT, WITH AN OPERATIONAL LIFE OF 30 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE FIRST COMMISSIONING, IN LIEU OF THE PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT [AN BORD PLEANÁLA REFERENCE NUMBER: PL O5B. 237656] CONSISTING OF (A) 8 NO. TURBINES WITH A MAXIMUM HUB HEIGHT OF 84M, A MAXIMUM BLADE DIAMETER OF 132M AND A MAXIMUM BLADE TIP HEIGHT OF 150M, ASSOCIATED ACCESS TRACKS AND HARDSTANDS, UNDERGROUND CABLE CONNECTIONS AND PEAT RECOVERY AREAS IN THE TOWNLANDS OF GRAFFY, MEENAMANRAGH, AND DALRAGHAN MORE, GLENTIES, (B) A METEOROLOGICAL MAST 80M HIGH IN THE TOWNLAND OF GRAFFY, GLENTIES, (C) A SUBSTATION AND A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND IN THE TOWNLOAD OF MEENAGRUBBY BY GLENTIES, COUNTY DONEGAL. (D) AN UNDERGROUND GRID CONNECTION, CIRCA 7.5KMS LONG, FROM THE PROPOSED SUBSTATION AT MEENAGRUBBY TO THE TIEVBRACK ELECTRICITY STATION AT DRUMNALOUGH THROUGH THE TOWNLOADS OF MEENAGRUBBY, MEENAMANRAGH, GRAFFY, BANGANBOY, STRACASHEL, MEENAMALRAGH, DRUMCONCOOSE AND DRUMNALOUGH, GLENTIES, (E) ROAD STRENGTHENING, VERGE WIDENING AND CULVERT EXTENSIONS ALONG DELIVERY ROAD THROUGH THE TOWNLOADS OF LUGAVEEN, TIEVERAGH, DALRAGHAN MORE, MEENAMANRAGH AND GRAFFY AND A NEW ROAD SECTION AT LUGAVEEN, TO FACILITATE DELIVERIES OF TURBINES. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151202/0 - 21 Dec 2018, Donegal County Council 1851976: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING AND THE INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851976/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC, site code 000197, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000197 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Graffy. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Graffy Bridge, bridge, 1810–1850, Regional interest, registry number 40907512, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40907512. Double-arch bridge, built c.1830, crossing Abhainn Shrath Chaisil [Stracashel River], with additional arch to southwest, having raised cut-stone voussoirs, cut-stone triangular cut-waters with rendered copings, and rubble stone walls and parapets, latter with rendered copings. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: About 1 in 10 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 Graffy. - 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/graffy-51449.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/graffy-51449.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/graffy-51449.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Graffy 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) - Banganboy: https://everytownland.com/donegal/banganboy.md - Greenans: https://everytownland.com/donegal/greenans.md - Meenagrubby: https://everytownland.com/donegal/meenagrubby.md - Meenamanragh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/meenamanragh.md - Meenavale: https://everytownland.com/donegal/meenavale.md - Stralinchy: https://everytownland.com/donegal/stralinchy.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/graffy-51449 - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/graffy-51449