# Lag, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Clonca, barony of Inishowen East, Co. Donegal; in Irish An Lag.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,491,563 m² (149.16 ha, 368.57 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,755 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 0 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Clonca, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/clonca.md
- Barony: Inishowen East
- Electoral division: Malin, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 770 people lived in 272 households in the Malin electoral division. 69% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 19% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/15313
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51658
- Centre: latitude 55.320444, longitude -7.324102 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

11 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lag, from 59 m² to 1,148,866 m² (114.89 ha, 283.89 acres); 21 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1332171: 1,148,866 m² (114.89 ha, 283.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332171.md
- Parcel 3661444: 227,183 m² (22.72 ha, 56.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661444.md
- Parcel 1403003: 5,604 m² (0.56 ha, 1.38 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1403003.md
- Parcel 1422087: 5,069 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1422087.md
- Parcel 3661443: 4,212 m² (0.42 ha, 1.04 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661443.md
- Parcel 1330762: 3,755 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330762.md
- Parcel 1391671: 3,341 m² (0.33 ha, 0.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391671.md
- Parcel 3840216: 393 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3840216.md
- Parcel 3840214: 267 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3840214.md
- Parcel 3661445: 197 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661445.md
- Parcel 3661446: 59 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3661446.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Lag 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)

No planning application touches the townland of Lag in the national file, which goes back to 2010.

## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: North Inishowen Coast SAC, site code 002012, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002012
- Special Protection Area: Trawbreaga Bay SPA, site code 004034, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004034
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: North Inishowen Coast, site code 002012

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

- DG004-005001: Church, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG004-005001-. A short right-angled stretch of masonry in the graveyard (DG004-005003-) adjacent to the modern church seems to be all that survives of a pre-17th century church (DG004-005001-) here. A small stone cross (DG004-005002-) stands to the N of these remains. It is situated in a natural enclosure of the sandhills to the N of the channel to Trawbreaga Bay. Just outside the door of the modern church is a painted stone font (DG004-007-), hexagonal in shape, c. 0.5m across with a hollow .3m in diameter and 0.2m deep. It is believed to have originally come from Fahan (DG038-013001-). 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
- DG004-005002: Cross, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG004-005002-. A short right-angled stretch of masonry in the graveyard (DG004-005003-) adjacent to the modern church seems to be all that survives of a pre-17th century church (DG004-005001-) here. A small stone cross (DG004-005002-) stands to the N of these remains. It is situated in a natural enclosure of the sandhills to the N of the channel to Trawbreaga Bay. Just outside the door of the modern church is a painted stone font (DG004-007-), hexagonal in shape, c. 0.5m across with a hollow .3m in diameter and 0.2m deep. It is believed to have originally come from Fahan (DG038-013001-). 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
- DG004-005003: Graveyard, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG004-005003-. A short right-angled stretch of masonry in the graveyard (DG004-005003-) adjacent to the modern church seems to be all that survives of a pre-17th century church (DG004-005001-) here. A small stone cross (DG004-005002-) stands to the N of these remains. It is situated in a natural enclosure of the sandhills to the N of the channel to Trawbreaga Bay. Just outside the door of the modern church is a painted stone font (DG004-007-), hexagonal in shape, c. 0.5m across with a hollow .3m in diameter and 0.2m deep. It is believed to have originally come from Fahan (DG038-013001-). 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
- DG004-006: Font (present location), https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG004-006----. A short right-angled stretch of masonry in the graveyard (DG004-005003-) adjacent to the modern church seems to be all that survives of a pre-17th century church (DG004-005001-) here. A small stone cross (DG004-005002-) stands to the N of these remains. It is situated in a natural enclosure of the sandhills to the N of the channel to Trawbreaga Bay. Just outside the door of the modern church is a painted stone font (DG004-007-), hexagonal in shape, c. 0.5m across with a hollow .3m in diameter and 0.2m deep. It is believed to have originally come from Fahan (DG038-013001-). 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
- DG004-007: Mound, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG004-007----. Four earthen mounds on the SE side of the valley between Crockraw and Cranny Hill (M.R. Colhoun). From N to S. (1) 8m × 4.3m × 1.5m high (2) 6.6m × 2m × 1m high (3) 7.4m × 1.5m × 1m high and (4) to the SE 3m × 1m × 0.5m. They are known locally as 'Giants Graves' or 'Famine Graves' and are situated in rough mountain terrain. 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

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)

- St. Mary's Catholic Church, church/chapel, 1780–1790, Regional interest, registry number 40900409, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40900409. Freestanding four-bay Catholic chapel, built 1784, on T-shaped plan with extended sacristy to the west and advanced entrance porch to north of nave. Pitched slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, smooth rendered gable coping, skew blocks, Celtic cross finials and cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered walls with projecting plinth course. Pointed arch-headed window openings with leaded stained glass windows and painted sills. Square-headed door opening to porch with double leaf timber matchboard doors. Medieval holy water font. Timber pews and decorative timber panelling to ceiling. Set within own grounds with gravemarkers and the remains of an earlier church to the west. Site bounded by whitewashed rubble stone wall with stone coping and wrought-iron gates mounted on gate piers with pyramidal coping.

## 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 Lag, 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 high, 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 Lag.
- 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/lag.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/lag.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/lag.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Lag 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)

- Drung: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drung-51155.md
- Killin: https://everytownland.com/donegal/killin-51566.md
- Knockamany: https://everytownland.com/donegal/knockamany.md
- Knockglass: https://everytownland.com/donegal/knockglass.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.

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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/lag
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/lag