Knockfola

376 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Knockfola, from 62 m² to 3,166,827 m² (316.68 ha, 782.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Knockfola 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.

• 10 Jul 2026N/a

  TEACH CONAITHE NUA AONSTÓRACH AGUS GARÁISTE CEANGAILTE A THÓGÁIL LE CÓRAS CÓIREÁLA FUÍOLLUISCE NUA AGUS OBAIR SHUÍOMH A BHAINEANN LEIS AN FHORBAIRT

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661282

• 7 May 2026Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660821

• 30 Apr 2026N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660767

• 30 Apr 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH A PROPOSED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560680

• 15 Jan 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE / STORE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460002

• 29 Sept 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351461

• 7 Feb 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A PART SINGLE STOREY, PART ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC DETACHED GARAGE WITH PROVISION OF A SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND SERVICES, AND SITE TO BE ACCESSED VIA NEW LANEWAY

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350124

• 23 Dec 2022N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A PART SINGLE STOREY, PART ONE & A HALF STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH PROVISION OF A SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS & SERVICES AND A NEW LANEWAY ACCESS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2252090

• 26 Oct 2022Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL STORAGE SHED WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251776

• 21 Jun 2022Refused

  ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE, WITH ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251079

• 16 Mar 2022Conditional

  (1) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF A VEHICULAR ENTRANCE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN ENTRANCE PORCH

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2250467

• 19 Jan 2022Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIERTY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250038

• 12 May 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150890

• 16 Nov 2020Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND SHEDS (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK (3) ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051734

• 7 Oct 2020Conditional

  (1) TEMPORARY MOBILE HOME WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM SERVING THE ADJACENT FAMILY HOME, (2) CONTINUNED TEMPORARY USE OF SAME AND (3) ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051448

• 6 Oct 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH POLISHING FILTER

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051445

• 28 Jul 2020Refused

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051015

• 23 Jul 2020N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050985

• 9 Jul 2020Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY STORAGE SHED WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVLOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050904

• 1 Jul 2020N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050865

• 14 Feb 2020N/a

  ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING WITH SAND & SOIL POLISHING UNIT

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050156

• 3 Dec 2019N/a

  ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951862

• 20 Dec 2018Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING SHED

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851935

• 30 Oct 2018Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND FOUL WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DISPOSAL

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851646

• 17 Jul 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF DORMER TYPE DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE, ON-SITE WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851095

The 25 most recent of 28 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Gweedore Bay and Islands SAC 001141
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Gweedore Bay And Islands 001141

Recorded monuments

• DG023-001001 Promontory fort - coastal
  Description

  A number of features were recorded here but it is not possible to say to what extent they are related. (1) A massive fosse c. 12m wide and 3m deep divides a promontory (DG023-001001-) from the mainland. To the E and land side of this is a ruined wall of large boulders. On the inner side of the promontory the tops of some stones seem to have formed part of a defensive wall which is joined to ruined traces of a wall along the long sides of the promontory and another at its W side, forming a rectangular enclosure 15m E-W and 10m N-S (DG023-001002-). (This is possibly the 'Old castle' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map). (2) 4m E of the N end of the landward defensive wall is the rectangular remains of a stone structure (DG023-001003-) 7m × 3m. One side of this is built along the cliff edge and has partly collapsed. There is a probable entrance to the SE. 2m N of this is another similar structure (DG023-001009-) 5m × 2m to 3m. It is also partly eroded along the cliff edge. (3) 5m N of the last structure a broad V-shaped projection of land is cut off by a 15m arc of stones up to .3m high (DG023-001004-). A similar but larger V shaped projection to the S of the promontory fort is cut off by an arc of stones 20m long (DG023-001007-). There is a slight fosse outside the setting of stones here. Within this area there are stretches of stones along the cliff edge. (4) 10m NE of the W end of the arc of stones just described is the W end of a setting of stones forming an old field wall (DG023-001006-) interrupted now for 4m by a bog road. The wall runs c. 50m to E then turns NE for c. 50m and curves NW for c. 80m to the cliff edge. The wall consists of a line of large stones. Part of this to the E has been only recently exposed by turf cutting, and some stones still remain partially covered by the turf. These walls form two sides of a rough rectangle the other two being formed by the cliff edge. It measures c. 100m N-S and 110m E-W. A similar old wall (DG023-001005-) but free of turf runs from near the SE corner of the northerly stone structure (2 above [DG023-001003-]) to the NE for c. 35m then curves to run NNW for about another 35m to the cliff edge. This encloses an area c. 50m N-S × 55m E-W within the larger enclosure. The sites are located S of Rinardalliff point close to Bloody Foreland in an area of cut-away turf and regenerated 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

• DG023-001002 Castle - unclassified
  Description

  A number of features were recorded here but it is not possible to say to what extent they are related. (1) A massive fosse c. 12m wide and 3m deep (DG023-001001-) divides a promontory from the mainland. To the E and land side of this is a ruined wall of large boulders. On the inner side of the promontory the tops of some stones seem to have formed part of a defensive wall which is joined to ruined traces of a wall along the long sides of the promontory and another at its W side, forming a rectangular enclosure 15m E-W and 10m N-S (DG023-001002-). (This is possibly the 'Old castle' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map). (2) 4m E of the N end of the landward defensive wall is the rectangular remains of a stone structure (DG023-001003-) 7m × 3m. One side of this is built along the cliff edge and has partly collapsed. There is a probable entrance to the SE. 2m N of this is another similar structure (DG023-001009-) 5m × 2m to 3m. It is also partly eroded along the cliff edge. (3) 5m N of the last structure a broad V-shaped projection of land is cut off by a 15m arc of stones up to .3m high (DG023-001004-). A similar but larger V shaped projection to the S of the promontory fort is cut off by an arc of stones 20m long (DG023-001007-). There is a slight fosse outside the setting of stones here. Within this area there are stretches of stones along the cliff edge. (4) 10m NE of the W end of the arc of stones just described is the W end of a setting of stones forming an old field wall (DG023-001006-) interrupted now for 4m by a bog road. The wall runs c. 50m to E then turns NE for c. 50m and curves NW for c. 80m to the cliff edge. The wall consists of a line of large stones. Part of this to the E has been only recently exposed by turf cutting, and some stones still remain partially covered by the turf. These walls form two sides of a rough rectangle the other two being formed by the cliff edge. It measures c. 100m N-S and 110m E-W. A similar old wall (DG023-001005-) but free of turf runs from near the SE corner of the northerly stone structure (2 above [DG023-001003-]) to the NE for c. 35m then curves to run NNW for about another 35m to the cliff edge. This encloses an area c. 50m N-S × 55m E-W within the larger enclosure. The sites are located S of Rinardalliff point close to Bloody Foreland in an area of cut-away turf and regenerated 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

• DG023-001003 Hut site
  Description

  Adjacent to a promontory fort (DG023-001001-). (2) 4m E of the N end of the landward defensive wall [of the promontory fort] is the rectangular remains of a stone structure (DG023-001003-) 7m × 3m. One side of this is built along the cliff edge and has partly collapsed. There is a probable entrance to the SE. 2m N of this is another similar structure (DG023-001009-) 5m × 2m to 3m. It is also partly eroded along the cliff edge. 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

• DG023-001004 Enclosure
  Description

  A number of features were recorded here but it is not possible to say to what extent they are related. (1) A massive fosse c. 12m wide and 3m deep (DG023-001001-) divides a promontory from the mainland. To the E and land side of this is a ruined wall of large boulders. On the inner side of the promontory the tops of some stones seem to have formed part of a defensive wall which is joined to ruined traces of a wall along the long sides of the promontory and another at its W side, forming a rectangular enclosure 15m E-W and 10m N-S (DG023-001002-). (This is possibly the 'Old castle' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map). (2) 4m E of the N end of the landward defensive wall is the rectangular remains of a stone structure (DG023-001003-) 7m × 3m. One side of this is built along the cliff edge and has partly collapsed. There is a probable entrance to the SE. 2m N of this is another similar structure (DG023-001009-) 5m × 2m to 3m. It is also partly eroded along the cliff edge. (3) 5m N of the last structure a broad V-shaped projection of land is cut off by a 15m arc of stones up to .3m high (DG023-001004-). A similar but larger V shaped projection to the S of the promontory fort is cut off by an arc of stones 20m long (DG023-001007-). There is a slight fosse outside the setting of stones here. Within this area there are stretches of stones along the cliff edge. (4) 10m NE of the W end of the arc of stones just described is the W end of a setting of stones forming an old field wall (DG023-001006-) interrupted now for 4m by a bog road. The wall runs c. 50m to E then turns NE for c. 50m and curves NW for c. 80m to the cliff edge. The wall consists of a line of large stones. Part of this to the E has been only recently exposed by turf cutting, and some stones still remain partially covered by the turf. These walls form two sides of a rough rectangle the other two being formed by the cliff edge. It measures c. 100m N-S and 110m E-W. A similar old wall (DG023-001005-) but free of turf runs from near the SE corner of the northerly stone structure (2 above [DG023-001003-]) to the NE for c. 35m then curves to run NNW for about another 35m to the cliff edge. This encloses an area c. 50m N-S × 55m E-W within the larger enclosure. The sites are located S of Rinardalliff point close to Bloody Foreland in an area of cut-away turf and regenerated 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

• DG023-001005 Enclosure
  Description

  A number of features were recorded here but it is not possible to say to what extent they are related. (1) A massive fosse c. 12m wide and 3m deep (DG023-001001-) divides a promontory from the mainland. To the E and land side of this is a ruined wall of large boulders. On the inner side of the promontory the tops of some stones seem to have formed part of a defensive wall which is joined to ruined traces of a wall along the long sides of the promontory and another at its W side, forming a rectangular enclosure 15m E-W and 10m N-S (DG023-001002-). (This is possibly the 'Old castle' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map). (2) 4m E of the N end of the landward defensive wall is the rectangular remains of a stone structure (DG023-001003-) 7m × 3m. One side of this is built along the cliff edge and has partly collapsed. There is a probable entrance to the SE. 2m N of this is another similar structure (DG023-001009-) 5m × 2m to 3m. It is also partly eroded along the cliff edge. (3) 5m N of the last structure a broad V-shaped projection of land is cut off by a 15m arc of stones up to .3m high (DG023-001004-). A similar but larger V shaped projection to the S of the promontory fort is cut off by an arc of stones 20m long (DG023-001008-). There is a slight fosse outside the setting of stones here. Within this area there are stretches of stones along the cliff edge. (4) 10m NE of the W end of the arc of stones just described is the W end of a setting of stones forming an old field wall (DG023-001007-) interrupted now for 4m by a bog road. The wall runs c. 50m to E then turns NE for c. 50m and curves NW for c. 80m to the cliff edge. The wall consists of a line of large stones. Part of this to the E has been only recently exposed by turf cutting, and some stones still remain partially covered by the turf. These walls form two sides of a rough rectangle the other two being formed by the cliff edge. It measures c. 100m N-S and 110m E-W. A similar old wall (DG023-001005-) but free of turf runs from near the SE corner of the northerly stone structure (2 above [DG023-001003-]) to the NE for c. 35m then curves to run NNW for about another 35m to the cliff edge. This encloses an area c. 50m N-S × 55m E-W within the larger enclosure. The sites are located S of Rinardalliff point close to Bloody Foreland in an area of cut-away turf and regenerated 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

• DG023-001006 Field boundary
  Description

  A number of features were recorded here but it is not possible to say to what extent they are related. (1) A massive fosse c. 12m wide and 3m deep (DG023-001001-) divides a promontory from the mainland. To the E and land side of this is a ruined wall of large boulders. On the inner side of the promontory the tops of some stones seem to have formed part of a defensive wall which is joined to ruined traces of a wall along the long sides of the promontory and another at its W side, forming a rectangular enclosure 15m E-W and 10m N-S (DG023-001002-). (This is possibly the 'Old castle' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map). (2) 4m E of the N end of the landward defensive wall is the rectangular remains of a stone structure (DG023-001003-) 7m × 3m. One side of this is built along the cliff edge and has partly collapsed. There is a probable entrance to the SE. 2m N of this is another similar structure (DG023-001009-) 5m × 2m to 3m. It is also partly eroded along the cliff edge. (3) 5m N of the last structure a broad V-shaped projection of land is cut off by a 15m arc of stones up to .3m high (DG023-001004-). A similar but larger V shaped projection to the S of the promontory fort is cut off by an arc of stones 20m long (DG023-001007-). There is a slight fosse outside the setting of stones here. Within this area there are stretches of stones along the cliff edge. (4) 10m NE of the W end of the arc of stones just described is the W end of a setting of stones forming an old field wall (DG023-001006-) interrupted now for 4m by a bog road. The wall runs c. 50m to E then turns NE for c. 50m and curves NW for c. 80m to the cliff edge. The wall consists of a line of large stones. Part of this to the E has been only recently exposed by turf cutting, and some stones still remain partially covered by the turf. These walls form two sides of a rough rectangle the other two being formed by the cliff edge. It measures c. 100m N-S and 110m E-W. A similar old wall (DG023-001005-) but free of turf runs from near the SE corner of the northerly stone structure (2 above [DG023-001003-]) to the NE for c. 35m then curves to run NNW for about another 35m to the cliff edge. This encloses an area c. 50m N-S × 55m E-W within the larger enclosure. The sites are located S of Rinardalliff point close to Bloody Foreland in an area of cut-away turf and regenerated 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

• DG023-001007 Enclosure
  Description

  A number of features were recorded here but it is not possible to say to what extent they are related. (1) A massive fosse c. 12m wide and 3m deep (DG023-001001-) divides a promontory from the mainland. To the E and land side of this is a ruined wall of large boulders. On the inner side of the promontory the tops of some stones seem to have formed part of a defensive wall which is joined to ruined traces of a wall along the long sides of the promontory and another at its W side, forming a rectangular enclosure 15m E-W and 10m N-S (DG023-001002-). (This is possibly the 'Old castle' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map). (2) 4m E of the N end of the landward defensive wall is the rectangular remains of a stone structure (DG023-001003-) 7m × 3m. One side of this is built along the cliff edge and has partly collapsed. There is a probable entrance to the SE. 2m N of this is another similar structure (DG023-001009-) 5m × 2m to 3m. It is also partly eroded along the cliff edge. (3) 5m N of the last structure a broad V-shaped projection of land is cut off by a 15m arc of stones up to .3m high (DG023-001004-). A similar but larger V shaped projection to the S of the promontory fort is cut off by an arc of stones 20m long (DG023-001007-). There is a slight fosse outside the setting of stones here. Within this area there are stretches of stones along the cliff edge. (4) 10m NE of the W end of the arc of stones just described is the W end of a setting of stones forming an old field wall (DG023-001006-) interrupted now for 4m by a bog road. The wall runs c. 50m to E then turns NE for c. 50m and curves NW for c. 80m to the cliff edge. The wall consists of a line of large stones. Part of this to the E has been only recently exposed by turf cutting, and some stones still remain partially covered by the turf. These walls form two sides of a rough rectangle the other two being formed by the cliff edge. It measures c. 100m N-S and 110m E-W. A similar old wall (DG023-001005-) but free of turf runs from near the SE corner of the northerly stone structure (2 above [DG023-001003-]) to the NE for c. 35m then curves to run NNW for about another 35m to the cliff edge. This encloses an area c. 50m N-S × 55m E-W within the larger enclosure. The sites are located S of Rinardalliff point close to Bloody Foreland in an area of cut-away turf and regenerated 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

• DG023-001009 Hut site
  Description

  Adjacent to a promontory fort (DG023-001001-). 4m E of the N end of the landward defensive wall [of the promontory fort] is the rectangular remains of a stone structure (DG023-001003-) 7m × 3m. One side of this is built along the cliff edge and has partly collapsed. There is a probable entrance to the SE. 2m N of this is another similar structure (DG023-001009-) 5m × 2m to 3m. It is also partly eroded along the cliff edge. 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

• DG023-003 Signal tower
  Description

  The signal tower at Bloody Foreland has been demolished and no traces of the site are now visible above ground. The position is known from the 1st edition Ordnance Survey map, surveyed 1834-6, where it is marked as ‘Signal Tower.’ It was situated on ground that slopes down gently to the N and to the W, where the coastline consists of low steep cliffs. The site of the signal tower (60m OD) is located within a wide area of unenclosed rough pasture land that slopes gently down to the coast c. 200m to W. It was built to be intervisible with the signal tower at Horn Head (DG015-042----), now ruinous, which is located c. 22kms to the ENE and is no longer visible from this site; and with the signal tower at Mullaghderg Hill (DG041-014----), located c. 14.2kms to the SSW, which is still visible from this site in clear weather. Site lies c. 400m to the W of a coastal promontory fort (DG023-004----). The signal tower was part of a system of over 80 signal stations constructed by the British Board of Ordnance in the first decade of the 19th century to warn of the approach of a French invasion fleet. Signalling between sites was accomplished using a naval signal post. The system formed a continuous chain from Dublin Bay running clockwise all the way around the coast to Malin Head in County Donegal. It was abandoned by the mid-1810s when the threat of a French invasion diminished (Kerrigan 1995, 157-66). Compiled by: Stuart Rathbone Uploaded on: 13/08/21

• DG023-004 Promontory fort - coastal
  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

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Knockfola.

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 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), 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 Knockfola.

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

Name

Knockfola · Cnoc Fola

Area

4,755,734 m² (475.57 ha, 1,175.17 acres)

Civil parish

Tullaghobegly, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmacrenan

Electoral division

Meenaclady, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Meenaclady electoral division: 1,408 people in 526 households; 85% of households own their home; 32% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 36% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Brinlack, Meenaclady

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Knockfola 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.