# Kiltyfergal, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilteevoge, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal; in Irish Coillte Feargail. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,816,860 m² (181.69 ha, 448.96 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 4,160 m² (0.42 ha, 1.03 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilteevoge, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/kilteevoge.md - Barony: Raphoe South - Electoral division: Cloghan, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 935 people lived in 318 households in the Cloghan electoral division. 86% of households owned their home. 31% of homes were built since 2001. 15% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 6% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16171 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51601 - Centre: latitude 54.825714, longitude -7.905358 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 60 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Kiltyfergal, from 70 m² to 230,746 m² (23.07 ha, 57.02 acres); 10 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1412532: 230,746 m² (23.07 ha, 57.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412532.md - Parcel 1379177: 184,069 m² (18.41 ha, 45.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1379177.md - Parcel 1343061: 151,428 m² (15.14 ha, 37.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343061.md - Parcel 1412487: 131,422 m² (13.14 ha, 32.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412487.md - Parcel 1378655: 109,543 m² (10.95 ha, 27.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378655.md - Parcel 1378284: 107,453 m² (10.75 ha, 26.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378284.md - Parcel 1412481: 72,882 m² (7.29 ha, 18.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412481.md - Parcel 1413550: 70,404 m² (7.04 ha, 17.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1413550.md - Parcel 1378375: 63,423 m² (6.34 ha, 15.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378375.md - Parcel 1345097: 62,127 m² (6.21 ha, 15.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345097.md - Parcel 1412571: 59,601 m² (5.96 ha, 14.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412571.md - Parcel 1325428: 57,847 m² (5.78 ha, 14.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325428.md - Parcel 1378370: 50,954 m² (5.1 ha, 12.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378370.md - Parcel 1386797: 46,678 m² (4.67 ha, 11.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386797.md - Parcel 5113867: 41,804 m² (4.18 ha, 10.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5113867.md - Parcel 3895289: 40,626 m² (4.06 ha, 10.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3895289.md - Parcel 1412547: 37,361 m² (3.74 ha, 9.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412547.md - Parcel 1414915: 34,935 m² (3.49 ha, 8.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1414915.md - Parcel 3658243: 33,903 m² (3.39 ha, 8.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3658243.md - Parcel 1308267: 33,616 m² (3.36 ha, 8.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1308267.md - Parcel 1376634: 30,426 m² (3.04 ha, 7.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376634.md - Parcel 4857472: 25,708 m² (2.57 ha, 6.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4857472.md - Parcel 1412461: 7,677 m² (0.77 ha, 1.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412461.md - Parcel 1317778: 7,532 m² (0.75 ha, 1.86 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317778.md - Parcel 1350659: 6,322 m² (0.63 ha, 1.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1350659.md - Parcel 1316440: 6,196 m² (0.62 ha, 1.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1316440.md - Parcel 4935291: 6,179 m² (0.62 ha, 1.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4935291.md - Parcel 3658245: 5,933 m² (0.59 ha, 1.47 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3658245.md - Parcel 1318179: 4,894 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318179.md - Parcel 4726014: 4,368 m² (0.44 ha, 1.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4726014.md - Parcel 1342484: 3,952 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342484.md - Parcel 1320923: 3,898 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320923.md - Parcel 4807188: 3,885 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4807188.md - Parcel 4825154: 3,760 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4825154.md - Parcel 1323499: 3,542 m² (0.35 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323499.md - Parcel 1320342: 3,404 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320342.md - Parcel 6120806: 3,388 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6120806.md - Parcel 1317266: 3,376 m² (0.34 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317266.md - Parcel 2451735: 3,027 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2451735.md - Parcel 1341859: 2,951 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1341859.md - Parcel 1322938: 2,837 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1322938.md - Parcel 1331651: 2,802 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331651.md - Parcel 4825142: 2,323 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4825142.md - Parcel 4723928: 2,314 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4723928.md - Parcel 1336419: 2,300 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336419.md - Parcel 4772354: 2,244 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4772354.md - Parcel 3658244: 2,206 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3658244.md - Parcel 1525794: 2,054 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525794.md - Parcel 1314712: 1,905 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314712.md - Parcel 1327941: 1,753 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327941.md - Parcel 1393155: 1,708 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393155.md - Parcel 1331434: 1,440 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331434.md - Parcel 1525795: 1,144 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525795.md - Parcel 3658246: 993 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3658246.md - Parcel 1382943: 949 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382943.md - Parcel 1314297: 864 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314297.md - Parcel 1525662: 554 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1525662.md - Parcel 4907344: 154 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4907344.md - Parcel 4907326: 72 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4907326.md - Parcel 1417717: 70 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417717.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Kiltyfergal 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) 5 applications, newest first. - 28 Sept 2026, Donegal County Council 2661791: N/a. Retention. ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATIONS OF DWELLING AS CONSTRUCTED WHICH DIFFER FROM THOSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 00/8169, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661791/0 - 28 Oct 2025, Donegal County Council 2561877: Conditional. Permission. (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW VEHICULAR ENTRANCE FROM THE EXISTING PRIVATE ACCESS ROAD TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE PROPOSED SITE, (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS, (3) RENOVATION AND ALTERATION OF EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING TOGETHER WITH THE CONVERSION OF AN ADJOINING AGRICULTURAL SHED TO PROVIDE NEW ACCOMMODATION ANCILLARY TO THE DWELLING INCLUDING CHANGES TO THE EXISTING ELEVATIONS, (4) DEMOLITION OF REAR WALL OF THE EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND GABLE WALL OF ADJOINING AGRICULTURAL SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND ADJOINING AGRICULTURAL SHED WHICH WILL INCLUDE AN ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND (5) ALL ANCILLARY SITEWORKS REQUIRED TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561877/0 - 15 Jun 2024, Donegal County Council 2460904: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCORPORATING A WASTE WATER SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460904/0 - 1 Sept 2023, Donegal County Council 2351303: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCORPORATING A WASTEWATER SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351303/0 - 12 Jul 2021, Donegal County Council 2151380: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. REPOSITIONING OF DWELLING HOUSE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER REFERENCE NO 05/9281. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151380/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: River Finn SAC, site code 002301, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002301 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG068-028: Ringfort - cashel, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG068-028----. Internal diam. c. 20m-30m. Known as 'Caiseal Ban' a few boulders mark the site which was largely destroyed about 50 years ago. It was situated on a slight knoll on the side of Glenfinn Valley in fairly good land. 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 Excavation licence number 04E0763 The site of the proposed development at Kiltyfergal, Cloghan, of three detached houses, access roads and septic tanks/percolation areas is in a small field atop a low hill in a very hilly area close to Ballybofey. The site was overgrown and instruction had been given to remove the growth from the site prior to testing. Unfortunately the sod and a few centimetres of topsoil were also removed during the process. The proposed development site contains the site of a cashel. The Donegal Archaeological Survey (ed. Brian Lacy, 1983, p. 147) describes the site as a collection of boulders, with the majority of the cashel having been removed 60 years ago. Testing was carried out in June 2004. Six trenches were excavated by machine across the site, specifically sited to investigate the possible location of the cashel and the portions of the site to be directly affected by the proposed development. The site has been massively disturbed in the past and, to a lesser extent, more recently. A large spread of loose stone was immediately obvious on the site, exposed through the removal of the growth and sod. It measures roughly 15m east-west by 10m and extends north beyond the site obviously under the sod. This spread was intersected by Trench 5. No archaeological features or finds were identified in any of the six trenches. However, a visual examination of the stone spread revealed a portion of a jet/lignite bracelet, located between Trenches 5 and 6. The finding of this artefact confirms the presence of a cashel in the immediate area and also that the spread of stones is likely to be the remains of the cashel walls, clearly dumped in a secondary location some time in the recent past. As none of the trenches identified any cut features or wall foundations that could be associated with the cashel, it is quite possible that the cashel's original location was to the north of the proposed development site. The results from the testing revealed no evidence of archaeological activity. However, the spread of stones and the fragment of the jet/lignite bracelet may indicate the presence of subsurface archaeological features or finds not revealed by the testing. (Excavations Bulletin 2004) Christopher Read, North West Archaeological Services, Cloonfad Cottage, Cloonfad, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim. - DG068-031: Penal Mass station, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG068-031----. This feature is listed as a 'dolmen' by Borlase (1897) and later as a 'prehistoric chamber tomb' (Killanin and Duignan 1962; 1967). All trace of it had been removed by 1904 (OS 1:2,500 Name Book). Although there is no information about the nature of the site, there can be little doubt that this, like most other sites so named on the OS 6-inch maps of County Donegal, was a Penal altar. Borlase 1897, 236, Raphoe South no. 3; OS 1:2,500 Name Book, sheet 68 (1904), 24; Killanin and Duignan 1962, 81; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 92. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008 - DG068-032: Burnt mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG068-032----. Excavation licence number 98E0232. The borrow pit field, which is under improved grassland, slopes moderately steeply down from the present R252 road line. It then levels out into a long, undulating terrace, which runs from west to east, roughly parallel to the course of the River Finn. This terrace has two pronounced but relatively flat-topped hillocks, which together form the crest of a very steep slope that falls down to the river valley bottom. It was these hillocks that, during initial survey, presented themselves as possible areas of archaeological potential, particularly as on a similar terrace (albeit slightly upslope) lies a good example of a rath. Using a 4ft-wide blade bucket six trenches were excavated. The first was opened along the crest of the ridge, angled to cross the summit of each of the hillocks. Nothing of archaeological significance was noted. Ploughsoil rested directly on natural that varied from yellow/brown, sandy gravel to yellow/ brown, stony gravel. It was apparent that the hillocks were the product of local undulations in the underlying bedrock. Four trenches were opened running perpendicular to the main east-west trench. Nothing of interest was noted in three of the four. The exception was the extreme eastern trench. The topography at this end of the field was different, consisting of a shallow depression open to the south. The base of this depression was relatively flat, and the test-trench was aligned to run across this level area. The depth of ploughsoil at the southern end of the trench was consistent with that noted elsewhere, some 0.3m. However, as the trench progressed northwards, the depth of soil overburden increased, presumably owing to the process of hill wash. Close to the point where the subsoil started its natural rise upslope an area of grey clay, overlain by a stony, charcoal-blackened soil, was noted. Many of the stones within the black soil were heat-shattered, and it was immediately apparent that the vestiges of a burnt mound had been uncovered. A small trench was opened from the apparent centre of the concentration westwards. The burnt material in these two trenches was noted, therefore, to extend in an approximately circular area, some 10m in diameter. Using the same-sized bucket three long trenches were opened roughly along the centre line of the proposed new roadway. Nothing of archaeological significance was noted in any of the three segments tested. Only one minor piece of archaeology was uncovered. At the extreme western end of the westernmost trench along the road line a small area of in situ burning was noted. It appeared as the basal remains of a 1.5m-wide, circular, flat-bottomed pit. At most, the pit was 0.1m deep, with charcoal overlying red, oxidised clay. Nothing datable was noted in association, and its function remains unknown. (Excavations Bulletin 1998) Eoin Halpin, Archaeological Development Services Ltd, Unit 48, Westlink Enterprise Centre, 30-50 Distillery Street, Belfast BT12 5BJ. 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Our Lady of Perpetual Help, church/chapel, 1925–1930, Regional interest, registry number 40906803, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40906803. Freestanding Catholic church on cruciform-plan, built 1925-28, having four-bay nave to the south-west, projecting chancel to the north-east, short two-bay transepts to the south-west and north-east each having shallow projecting porch to the outer bay on the south-west elevation, two-bay single-storey side chapels to either side of the chancel, and with two-bay single-storey addition attached to the south-east elevation of side chapel to the south-east. Pitched natural slate roofs with clayware chevron ridge comb, raised concrete copings to gable ends having cut stone kneeler stone detailing to eaves, chamfered concrete eaves course, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with concrete(?) Celtic cross finials over gable apexes; hipped natural slate roof to sacristy with ashlar chimneystack to the north-west end having moulded coping over. Snecked and squared rock-faced sandstone masonry over chamfered cut stone plinth course, flush concrete sill course to nave and south-west elevations of transepts, flush concrete (?) block-and-start quoins to the corners, clasping stepped concrete buttresses to corners and between bays to nave having feathered coping over. Incised cut stone date plaque to exterior. Round-headed window openings to side elevations to nave, the south-west elevations of transepts, and to the north-east elevations of side chapels having flush concrete block-and-start surrounds, concrete sills, and leaded coloured glass windows; three graded round-headed window openings to the chancel gable and to the south-west gable ends of transepts having flush concrete block-and-start surrounds, moulded sills and hoodmouldings, and leaded coloured glass windows; three graded round-headed window openings to the gable ends of transepts having flush concrete block-and-start surrounds and leaded coloured glass windows. Round-headed window openings to the entrance gable, flanking main doorway, having flush concrete block-and-start surrounds and leaded coloured glass windows; roundel window openings to gable ends of transepts having concrete surrounds and leaded coloured glass windows; roundel window opening to the gable end of side chapel to the north-west having flush concrete surround and leaded glass window; roundel vents to gable apexes having flush concrete block-and-start surrounds and louvered fittings; square-headed window openings to sacristy with flush concrete block-and-start surrounds, and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows. Round-headed doorway to the centre of the entrance gable (south-west gable end of nave) having wide splayed concrete block-and-start surround, hoodmoulding with label stops, and with timber panelled doors with leaded glass panels; shallow segmental-headed doorways to the south-west elevations of transepts, set in projecting porches, having stepped flush concrete surrounds, and replacement timber doors; square-headed doorway to sacristy having flush concrete block-and-start surround and timber door. Interior has open timber scissors-truss roof structure with timber boarding to coffers, encaustic tiled floor, round-headed arched to transepts having polished granite columns (on quatrefoil-plan), carved marble altar, carved marble panelling to rear of chancel, and with timber gallery to the south-west end of nave having cast-iron supporting columns and with carved timber parapet. Set back from road in own grounds to the west/north-west of Ballybofey, and to the south-east of Cloghan with tarmacadam car parks to site. Freestanding belfry to the south-east of carpark (probably taken from earlier church to the south) having cast-iron columns supporting large bell metal bell. Associated parochial house to the south-east (not in survey), school to the south possibly incorporating fabric of earlier church to site; cut stone Celtic cross memorial to priest’s grave adjacent to school. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Kiltyfergal, 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: 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 Kiltyfergal. - 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/kiltyfergal.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/kiltyfergal.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/kiltyfergal.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Kiltyfergal 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) - Altnapaste: https://everytownland.com/donegal/altnapaste.md - Ballybobaneen: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballybobaneen.md - Ballybotemple: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballybotemple.md - Cloghan More: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cloghan-more.md - Corlacky: https://everytownland.com/donegal/corlacky.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/kiltyfergal - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/kiltyfergal