Inishbofin

180 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Inishbofin, from 27 m² to 123,789 m² (12.38 ha, 30.59 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 1 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Inishbofin 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.

• 20 Jul 2026Conditional

  INSTALLATION OF A 12-METRE-HIGH TELECOMMUNICATIONS TIMBER MONOPOLE CARRYING 2 NO. DISHES AND ASSOCIATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, TOGETHER WITH A SINGLE BAY GROUND-BASED EQUIPMENT CABINET MOUNTED ON A CONCRETE PLINTH, WOODEN POST-AND-RAIL FENCING WITH ACCESS GATE, FIBRE CHAMBER, ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS THERETO. THE DEVELOPMENT IS REQUIRED TO CARRY THE BROADBAND DATA FROM THE NEW HIGH SPEED FIBRE BROADBAND NETWORK ON THE ISLAND TO THE MAINLAND BY RADIO LINK, TO CONNECT TO THE NBI NATIONAL FIBRE NETWORK, AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT’S NATIONAL BROADBAND PLAN TO PROVIDE HIGH SPEED BROADBAND TO ALL PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT ARE NOT AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY, INCLUDING THE ISLANDS, AT THE SAME DATA SPEED. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661340

• 27 Nov 2023Conditional

  ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE ON THE FOOTPRINT OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND INSTALLATION OF A SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351808

• 14 Jun 2023Refused

  REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350846

• 1 Apr 2019Conditional

  SÍNEADH LEIS AN HALLA POBAIL ATÁ ANSIN CHEANA FÉIN CHUN LEITHREAS AMHÁIN DO DHAOINE FAOI MHÍCHUMAS CHOMH MAITH LE LEITHREAS AMHÁIN EILE A CHUR SAN ÁIREAMH AGUS IAD A CEANGAL LEIS AN DABHACH SHÉARACHAIS AGUS LEIS AN LIMISTÉAR SÍOTHLAITHE ATÁ ANN CHEANNA FÉIN, CHOMH MAITH LE OIBREACHA FORBARTHA SUÍOMH

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950429

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Inishbofin, Inishdooey and Inishbeg SPA 004083
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Inishbofin (Donegal) 000150

Recorded monuments

• DG014-005 Mound
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

Architectural heritage

• Scoil Náisiúnta Inis Bó Finne [Inishbofin National School], school, 1895–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey national school, dated 1899, now derelict. Pitched artificial slate roof with timber brackets to eaves and yellow brick chimneystack with single pot. Rendered rubble stone walls. Square-headed openings with red brick surrounds, concrete sills to windows, and battened timber door with overlight. painted iron name board between front elevation window openings with lettering "Inis Bó Finne National School 1899". Interior divided into classroom and cloakroom, with brick partition wall. Internal walls smooth plastered to upper half and timber boarded to lower. Intact fireplace with brick canopy. Toilet retains timber seat. Building stands to west of island settlement.

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

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Inishbofin.

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 Inishbofin with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Inishbofin · Inis Bó Finne

Area

1,203,690 m² (120.37 ha, 297.44 acres)

Civil parish

Tullaghobegly, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmacrenan

Electoral division

Gortahork, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Gortahork electoral division: 1,693 people in 667 households; 83% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 21% were holiday homes.

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Inishbofin 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.