Killyclug
Killyclug is a townland in the civil parish of Conwal, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal. Its name in Irish is Cill Chloig.
- Area
- 169.4 ha
- 419 acres
- Land parcels
- 203
- registered freehold, median 374 m²
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 30
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
203 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Killyclug, from 3 m² to 200,244 m² (20.02 ha, 49.48 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 25 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 Killyclug 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
25 Jun 2026Conditional
DWELLING HOUSE AS BUILT WITH ASSOCIATED SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661176
6 May 2026Conditional
ERECTION OF A SLATTED AGRICULTURAL SHED INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660808
29 Apr 2026Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660755
8 Apr 2026Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING HOUSE AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660590
8 Apr 2026Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING HOUSE AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660589
18 Mar 2026N/a
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF 60 NO. DWELLINGS, (2) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING CARPARKING, LANDSCAPED AMENITY AREAS, SURFACED PLAY AREAS AND SEATING AREAS AND (3) ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS TO INCLUDE CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES INCLUDING ON-SITE STORM ATTENTUATION SYSTEM
Permission, 60 homes · Donegal County Council, 2660444
6 Mar 2026Conditional
REVISIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF. NO. 24/61711 INCLUDING (1) OMISSION OF 2 NO. DWELLINGS AND CONSTRUCTION OF 3 NO. DWELLINGS ON SITE NOS. 26 , 27 & 28 (1 NO. ADDITIONAL DWELLING) AND MINOR REVISIONS TO SITE LAYOUTS
Permission, 3 homes · Donegal County Council, 2660357
3 Dec 2025Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING (DEFECTIVE/MICA) DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING MAIN PUBLIC SERVICES, MAIN PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562137
28 Nov 2025Conditional
ERECTION OF A SLATTED AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2562097
27 Jan 2025Conditional
ERECTION OF DWELLING AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2550004
4 Dec 2024Conditional
(1) CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN OF ALL REMAINING HOUSES TO BE BUILT, APART FROM HOUSE NOS. 29 AND 30 AS PER THE PLANS SUBMITTED FOR PLANNING REF. NO. 23/50109 AND (2) AMENDMENTS TO APPROVED HOUSE NOS. 8-11 FROM 4 NO. SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES TO 3 NO. DETACHED HOUSES AND ALL SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 20 homes · Donegal County Council, 2461986
25 Oct 2024Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF 24 NO. DWELLINGS AND 14 NO. DUPLEX UNITS CONSISTING OF 14 NO. GROUND FLOOR APARTMENTS AND 14 NO. DWELLINGS ABOVE (TOTAL NUMBER OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS = 52) IN LIEU OF PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DEVELOPMENT GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 05/7202, (2) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS TO INCLUDE CARPARKING, LANDSCAPED AMENITY AREAS, SURFACED PLAY AREAS AND SEATING AREAS AND (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES INCLUDING ACCESS TO SITE FROM EXISTING SERVICE ROAD AND NEW PROPOSED ENTRANCE
Permission, 38 homes · Donegal County Council, 2461711
15 May 2024Conditional
SUN ROOM/CONSERVATORY TO SIDE OF EXISTING NEW DWELLING HOUSE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2450132
7 May 2024Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING, DETACHED, TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE DAMAGED DUE TO DEFECTIVE (MICA) PRECAST CONCRETE BLOCKS, (2) RECONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DETACHED TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALTERATIONS FROM THAT OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING SITE SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460661
8 Nov 2023Conditional
REFURBISHMENT OF A DERELICT FARM HOUSE INCLUDING RAISING THE ROOF AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351701
31 Jan 2023Conditional
(1) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF HOUSE NO'S 1-7 CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION & (2) AMENDMENTS TO THE APPROVED PLANNING PERMISSION GRANTED UNDER REF NO: 18/51012 WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING: (A) CHANGING THE TYPE OF DESIGN OF HOUSE NO'S 8-26 & (B) ERECTION OF AN ADDITIONAL 5 NO. HOUSES AS PART OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 31 homes · Donegal County Council, 2350109
7 Nov 2022Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NO SINGLE STOREY EXTENSIONS (16.9M2 TOTAL AREA) TO THE FRONT AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING/HOME BUSINESS, COMPRISING OF NEW TREATMENT ROOM AND RECEPTION AREA, ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251813
28 Oct 2022Refused
CONSTRUCTION OF (1) 2 NO. COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO INCLUDE CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC FOUL SEWER AND (2) NEW SHARED ENTRANCE WITH ADJACENT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT UNDER CURRENT PLAN. REF. NO.:22/50608
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251785
16 May 2022N/a
(1) ERECTION OF A COMMERCIAL BUILDING OF 800 SQ.METERS (2) DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW ENTRANCE (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250854
8 Apr 2022Refused
CONSTRUCTION OF 5 NO. COMMERCIAL UNITS, INCLUDING ACCESS, CARPARKING, CONNECTION TO PUBLIC SEWER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250608
21 Mar 2022Conditional
(1) RETENTION OF CARWASH & COVERED AREA ALSO SHED ASSOCIATED WITH CAR VALET SERVICES, HARDCORED YARD AND PEDESTRIAN PATH, (2) COMPLETION OF HARDCORED YARD AND PATH TO INCLUDE SURFACING, LOW-LEVEL LIGHTING, FENCING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2250485
14 Feb 2022Conditional
ERECTION OF NEW SUN ROOM TO REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250226
13 Dec 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY GLAZED EXTENSION (5.46M2 TOTAL AREA) TO THE FRONT OF THE DWELLING WITH NEW PORCH AREA AT GROUND FLOOR AND SITTING AREA AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951935
4 Dec 2019N/a
HARDCORED YARD AND HARDCORED PEDESTRIAN PATH ASSOCIATED WITH EXISTING BUSINESS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 1951887
8 Nov 2019N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY GLAZED EXTENSION (5.46M2 TOTAL AREA) TO THE FRONT OF THE DWELLING WITH NEW PORCH AREA AT GROUND FLOOR AND SITTING AREA AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951737
The 25 most recent of 30 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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Killyclug.
Recorded monuments
- DG053-014 Standing stone
Description
Marked as 'Standing Stone' on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map and as 'Gallan (site of)' on the 3rd edition. Kinahan (1885-6, 426) records that it was said to have been removed while the Letterkenny reservoir was being built. Situated on good land on the E slope of a hill. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Killyclug.
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
- At the centre of the townland of Killyclug, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Killyclug.
- 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
- Killyclug, Letterkenny7 sales
The townland
- Name
- Killyclug · Cill Chloig
- Area
- 1,693,887 m² (169.39 ha, 418.57 acres)
- Civil parish
- Conwal, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Edenacarnan, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- 1,824 people lived in 586 households in the Edenacarnan electoral division. 69% of households owned their home. 70% of homes were built since 2001. 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Edenacarnan South, Glencar Scotch, Gortnacorrib, Killylastin
- Placenames
- Killyclug 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.