Keenaghan
Townland in the civil parish of Kilmacrenan, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish Caonachán
- Area
- 145.5 ha
- 359 acres
- Land parcels
- 101
- registered freehold, median 2,778 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 41
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
101 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Keenaghan, from 40 m² to 149,376 m² (14.94 ha, 36.91 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Keenaghan 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
9 Sept 2026N/a
ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA AND DETACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661678
8 Sept 2026N/a
(1) RETENTION OF RENOVATIONS AND AMENDMENTS CARRIED OUT TO EXISTING DWELLING, (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTED DWELLING HOUSE AND (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661675
13 Aug 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH INTEGRATED DOUBLE GARAGE, CONNECTION TO A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA, AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661508
3 Jun 2026N/a
(1) RETENTION OF ON SITE STRUCTURE AND (2) PARTIAL DEMOLITION OF SAME TO FORM A DOMESTIC SHED
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661020
12 May 2026Conditional
(1) ALTERATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE, (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SHED AND (3) INSTALLATION OF A NEW ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660845
6 May 2026N/a
(1) RETENTION OF PART OF EXISTING ON SITE STRUCTURE AND (2) DEMOLITION OF PART OF THE SAME EXISTING ON SITE STRUCTURE TO MAKE IT INTO A DOMESTIC STORAGE SHED
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660812
12 Nov 2025Refused
ON SITE STRUCTURE AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING STRUCTURE FOR USE AS MOTORBIKE PARTS STORAGE SHED
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2561970
9 Jan 2025Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CHANGE OF DOMESTIC GARAGE TYPE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS FROM PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING APPLICATION REF. NO. 21/51240
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560007
18 Dec 2024Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2462123
17 Dec 2024Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2462096
17 Oct 2024Conditional
RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF DWELLING HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461647
2 Aug 2024Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE CONSTRUCTED WITH DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK APPROVED AS A HOLIDAY CHALET UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 97/2714 AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE FOR PERMANENT OCCUPANCY AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461189
3 Jul 2024Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE TO THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER REF. NO. 22/50681
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461019
13 Mar 2024Conditional
CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF NO. 20/51750 AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460324
4 Oct 2023Conditional
LANDS WHICH HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH STONE, SOIL AND EARTH, AND RETURNED TO AGRICULTURAL USE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2351496
26 Jul 2023Conditional
IMPORTATION OF SUITABLE FILL MATERIAL, TO A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF TWO METRES, ONTO LAND FOR THE PURPOSES OF AGRICULTURAL USE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351108
23 Jun 2023Conditional
(1) RELOCATION OF EXISTING COVERED STORAGE UNIT TO REAR OF SITE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF PROPOSED STORAGE UNIT TO EXISTING FACTORY AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING CONNECTION TO EXISTING STORM NETWORK
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350893
19 May 2023Conditional
ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL STORAGE SHED WITHIN EXISTING FARM COMPLEX
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350694
25 Jan 2023Conditional
A LEAN TO STORAGE SHED WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2350064
12 Aug 2022N/a
CONVERSION OF AN EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE TO A GRANNY FLAT AUXILIARY TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251376
19 Apr 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250681
4 Mar 2022N/a
ROCK BREAKING AND EXCAVATIONS AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY STORAGE SHED WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2250383
13 Aug 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPEMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151633
28 Jun 2021N/a
A LEAN TO STABLE/TACK ROOM AND TURF SHED AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2151278
23 Jun 2021Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151240
The 25 most recent of 41 applications.
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: Leannan River SAC 002176
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Keenaghan.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Keenaghan.
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
- About 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- 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 Keenaghan.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Keenaghan, Kilmacrennan11 sales
The townland
- Name
- Keenaghan · Caonachán
- Area
- 1,454,712 m² (145.47 ha, 359.47 acres)
- Civil parish
- Kilmacrenan, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Edenacarnan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Edenacarnan electoral division: 1,824 people in 586 households; 69% of households own their home; 70% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballykeeran, Cashelgay, Cloghroe, Kilmacrenan, Legnahoory
- Placenames
- Keenaghan 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.