# Leat Beg, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Clondavaddog, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,660,027 m² (266 ha, 657.31 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 10,736 m² (1.07 ha, 2.65 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Clondavaddog, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/clondavaddog.md - Barony: Kilmacrenan - Electoral division: Fanad West, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 398 people lived in 155 households in the Fanad West electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 20% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 35% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/15824 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51683 - Centre: latitude 55.200585, longitude -7.760386 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 59 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Leat Beg, from 45 m² to 336,830 m² (33.68 ha, 83.23 acres); 24 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1376832: 336,830 m² (33.68 ha, 83.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376832.md - Parcel 1325669: 280,546 m² (28.05 ha, 69.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325669.md - Parcel 1413469: 235,977 m² (23.6 ha, 58.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1413469.md - Parcel 1424268: 150,916 m² (15.09 ha, 37.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1424268.md - Parcel 5115386: 147,396 m² (14.74 ha, 36.42 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5115386.md - Parcel 1427016: 142,095 m² (14.21 ha, 35.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1427016.md - Parcel 1403207: 139,179 m² (13.92 ha, 34.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1403207.md - Parcel 1352559: 121,279 m² (12.13 ha, 29.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1352559.md - Parcel 1405896: 99,636 m² (9.96 ha, 24.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1405896.md - Parcel 1346539: 99,286 m² (9.93 ha, 24.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346539.md - Parcel 1330032: 77,219 m² (7.72 ha, 19.08 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330032.md - Parcel 4900057: 67,782 m² (6.78 ha, 16.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4900057.md - Parcel 1384561: 65,621 m² (6.56 ha, 16.22 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384561.md - Parcel 1369779: 64,949 m² (6.49 ha, 16.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369779.md - Parcel 1387071: 62,126 m² (6.21 ha, 15.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1387071.md - Parcel 1380720: 59,658 m² (5.97 ha, 14.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380720.md - Parcel 1361523: 51,309 m² (5.13 ha, 12.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361523.md - Parcel 1403038: 46,149 m² (4.61 ha, 11.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1403038.md - Parcel 5477820: 42,253 m² (4.23 ha, 10.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5477820.md - Parcel 1385095: 41,588 m² (4.16 ha, 10.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385095.md - Parcel 1375302: 38,710 m² (3.87 ha, 9.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375302.md - Parcel 4899947: 29,509 m² (2.95 ha, 7.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4899947.md - Parcel 1323562: 25,246 m² (2.52 ha, 6.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323562.md - Parcel 1330728: 25,063 m² (2.51 ha, 6.19 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330728.md - Parcel 1319896: 21,723 m² (2.17 ha, 5.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319896.md - Parcel 1417418: 19,694 m² (1.97 ha, 4.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417418.md - Parcel 4900130: 17,322 m² (1.73 ha, 4.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4900130.md - Parcel 1403396: 15,872 m² (1.59 ha, 3.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1403396.md - Parcel 4900070: 13,324 m² (1.33 ha, 3.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4900070.md - Parcel 1342871: 10,736 m² (1.07 ha, 2.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342871.md - Parcel 1339016: 10,656 m² (1.07 ha, 2.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1339016.md - Parcel 5477824: 9,234 m² (0.92 ha, 2.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5477824.md - Parcel 4247590: 8,681 m² (0.87 ha, 2.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4247590.md - Parcel 1395754: 5,188 m² (0.52 ha, 1.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395754.md - Parcel 4899802: 4,610 m² (0.46 ha, 1.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4899802.md - Parcel 6214448: 4,272 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6214448.md - Parcel 5477823: 4,068 m² (0.41 ha, 1.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5477823.md - Parcel 4959125: 4,040 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4959125.md - Parcel 1409529: 4,021 m² (0.4 ha, 0.99 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1409529.md - Parcel 5432129: 3,960 m² (0.4 ha, 0.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5432129.md - Parcel 2843208: 2,748 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2843208.md - Parcel 4945888: 2,747 m² (0.27 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4945888.md - Parcel 4945829: 2,712 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4945829.md - Parcel 1317861: 2,067 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317861.md - Parcel 1338803: 1,843 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1338803.md - Parcel 4998855: 1,567 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4998855.md - Parcel 3662588: 1,384 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3662588.md - Parcel 1329031: 1,375 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329031.md - Parcel 2886762: 1,299 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/2886762.md - Parcel 1336180: 1,056 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336180.md - Parcel 1342294: 551 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342294.md - Parcel 6214432: 512 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6214432.md - Parcel 1340282: 458 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1340282.md - Parcel 5254602: 454 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5254602.md - Parcel 4933278: 394 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4933278.md - Parcel 1357386: 371 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1357386.md - Parcel 4933290: 291 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4933290.md - Parcel 4994638: 273 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4994638.md - Parcel 6214464: 45 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6214464.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Leat Beg 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. - 26 Apr 2026, Donegal County Council 2660728: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND AN ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660728/0 - 19 Apr 2023, Donegal County Council 2350525: Conditional. Permission. CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING OUTBUILDINGS: (1) THE EASTERN OUTBUILDING ATTACHED TO THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO ADDITIONAL LIVING SPACE ANCILLARY TO THE EXISTING HOUSE, (2) THE WESTERN OUTBUILDINGS TO A GAMES ROOM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350525/0 - 16 Jul 2021, Donegal County Council 2151427: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. RELOCATION AND UPGRADING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM CURRENTLY SERVING EXISTING NEIGHBOURING DWELLING AND ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151427/0 - 7 Jul 2021, Donegal County Council 2151358: N/a. Permission, 1 home. RELOCATION AND UPGRADING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM CURRENTLY SERVING EXISTING NEIGHBOURING DWELLING AND ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151358/0 - 21 Mar 2018, Donegal County Council 1850451: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850451/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: Mulroy Bay SAC, site code 002159, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002159 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Leat Beg. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Leat Beg Church (Clondavaddog), church/chapel, 1850–1880, Regional interest, registry number 40901706, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40901706. Freestanding Church of Ireland chapel of ease, built c. 1870, comprising single-storey three-bay hall with attached single-bay single-storey gable-fronted entrance porch to east having modern single-bay single-storey flat-roofed addition (vestry) attached to the north elevation. Pitched natural slate roof to main body of building having yellow brick verges to gable ends (east and west), stone ridge tiles, and with raised smooth rendered parapet to west gable end with stucco Celtic cross finial over to gable apex. Pitched natural slate roof to porch to east having natural slate roof with overhanging eaves, decorative pierced timber bargeboard to gable, and with bell metal iron bell to gable apex. Wet dashed rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth. Square-headed window openings to north and south elevations of main body of church having smooth rendered reveals, painted stone sills and with multi-pane timber casement windows to the north elevation and replacement windows to the south elevation; pointed-arched window opening to the west gable end having smooth rendered reveal and modern leaded coloured glass window. Square-headed doorway to the front elevation of porch (east) having modern battened timber door with triangular multi-paned overlight above to gable apex. Simple interior with timber pews, boarded timber ceiling, wainscoting to dado rail level, carved timber pulpit with recessed trefoil-headed motifs, timber lectern, timber and cast-iron railings with ornate cast-iron baluster, and timber table with inset timber lettering reading ‘This Do in Remembrance of Me’. Set back from road in own grounds to the west of Leatbeg, and to the north-east of Carrickart overlooking Mulroy Bay a short distance to the south. Gravelled area to the east of entrance and lawned areas to the north and south. Modern rubble stone walls to site; pedestrian entrance gateway to the south-east comprising a pair of rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) having stepped rubble stone coping over, and with wrought-iron gate. - House, 1860–1900, Regional interest, registry number 40901720, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40901720. Detached three-bay single-storey house, built c. 1880, having central single-bay single-storey entrance porch to the main elevation (south-west), and with single-storey outbuilding attached to the north-east. Pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, raised rendered verges to gable ends with kneeler stone detailing at eaves level, exposed rafter ends with cast-iron rainwater goods, and having smooth rendered chimneystacks to the gable ends. Flat roof to entrance porch with raised decorative parapets with gables and raised render detailing. Pitched corrugated-metal roof to outbuilding to the north-east elevation. Roughcast rendered walls to main body of building, ruled-and-lined walls to entrance porch. Square-headed window openings with painted stone sills, and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorway to front face of porch having replacement door. Set back from road in elevated site overlooking Mulroy Bay to the south. Located to the north-east of Carrickart and to the south-west end of the Fanad Peninsula. Detached single-storey outbuilding to the west having barrel-vaulted corrugated-metal roof, roughcast rendered walls, and square-headed openings with battened timber fittings. Site bounded on road-frontage to the south by rendered boundary wall. Gateway to the south having rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having stepped coping over with ball finials, and with replacement gates. - House, 1860–1900, Regional interest, registry number 40901722, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40901722. Detached three-bay single-storey house with dormer attic level, built c. 1870, having two gable-fronted dormer openings to the front elevation (east), central projecting gable-fronted single-bay single-storey entrance porch to east elevation, and with single-storey open lean-to outbuilding to the north. Now unoccupied. Pitched natural slate roof with terracotta ridge tiles, raised rendered verges and rendered chimneystacks to the gable ends (north and south), and with exposed rafter ends; pitched natural slate roof and terracotta ridge tiles to entrance porch. Remains of roughcast lime rendered over rubble stone construction with roughly squared quoins to the corners. Square-headed window openings with stone sills and two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows. Square-headed doorway to the front elevation of porch having battened timber door with plain overlight above. Attached single-storey open outbuilding to the north having mono-pitched corrugated-metal roof. Set perpendicular to road with low rubble stone boundary walls to site and with mature trees to west. Located adjacent to Leat Beg Church (Clondavaddog) (see 40901706) to the north-east of Carrickart and to the south-west end of the Fanad Peninsula. - John Morrow, house, 1920–1940, Regional interest, registry number 40901723, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40901723. Detached six-bay single-storey house and former shop, built c. 1930, comprising three-bay single-storey house to the west having central single-bay flat-roofed entrance porch to the main elevation (south) flanked to either side by gable-fronted bays, and with three-bay single-storey former shop to the east having central single-bay flat-roofed entrance porch to the main elevation (south). Gable-fronted bay to the north end of the west side elevation. Now out of use. Pitched artificial slate roofs (felt tiles) with clay ridge tiles, decorative wavy timber bargeboards to gable-fronted bays, cast-iron rainwater goods, and with three cement rendered chimneystacks. Painted corrugated-metal clad walls over cement rendered plinth course. Square-headed window openings to former house having concrete sills and one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows with margin glazing bars; square-headed window openings to former shop having fixed-pane timber display windows with multi-paned overlights. Square-headed window openings to side elevations of porch having timber casement windows. Square-headed doorway to the front elevation (south) of porch serving house to the west having battened timber door, sidelights, and overlight; square-headed doorway to the front elevation of porch to former shop having battened timber door and overlight with painted lettering reading ‘John Marrow Grocery and Hardware’ and ‘Licensed to Sell Tobacco’. Concrete steps serving doorways. Set slightly back from road in slightly elevated site to the west of Carrickart, and to the south-west end of the Fanad Peninsula overlooking Mulroy Bay to the south. Roughcast rendered boundary wall to road-frontage to the south having concrete coping over. Pedestrian gateways serving both doorways comprising a pair of roughcast rendered gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal concrete coping over. Vehicular entrance to the east end of boundary wall to front having gravelled forecourt to the north. Hedgerow to west boundary and rubble stone boundary wall to east boundary. Overgrown garden to site. - Pier/jetty, 1870–1890, Regional interest, registry number 40901771, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40901771. Pier\jetty, erected c. 1880, having coursed rubble stone walls with some modern alterations and additions including railings. Modern deck and rendered coping over coursed rubble stone storm wall to the south-west. Flight of cut stone steps from deck to sea level. Collection of modern flat-roofed outbuildings to the north-west located along deck. Located to north-west side of Millstone Bay to the north of Mulroy Bay. Associated pier to the south across Mulroy Bay (see 40901766). Modern pier to the south-west associated with modern aquaculture industry in Mulroy Bay. ## 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 Leat Beg, 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 Leat Beg. - 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/leat-beg.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/leat-beg.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/leat-beg.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Leat Beg 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) - Faltybanes: https://everytownland.com/donegal/faltybanes.md - Leat More: https://everytownland.com/donegal/leat-more.md - Tully: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tully-52585.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/leat-beg - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/leat-beg