# Lefinn, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Templecrone, barony of Boylagh, Co. Donegal; in Irish An Leithmhín. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 746,893 m² (74.69 ha, 184.56 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,942 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 9 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Templecrone, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/templecrone.md - Barony: Boylagh - Electoral division: Rutland, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,496 people lived in 635 households in the Rutland electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 34% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 37% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Gaeltacht: in an Irish-speaking area - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/15009 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51688 - Centre: latitude 54.978601, longitude -8.380972 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 64 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lefinn, from 60 m² to 95,772 m² (9.58 ha, 23.67 acres); 33 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1305518: 95,772 m² (9.58 ha, 23.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1305518.md - Parcel 1405721: 55,795 m² (5.58 ha, 13.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1405721.md - Parcel 1321568: 50,742 m² (5.07 ha, 12.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321568.md - Parcel 1361796: 44,130 m² (4.41 ha, 10.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361796.md - Parcel 1346700: 35,796 m² (3.58 ha, 8.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346700.md - Parcel 1426739: 32,203 m² (3.22 ha, 7.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426739.md - Parcel 4750606: 31,840 m² (3.18 ha, 7.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4750606.md - Parcel 1395399: 31,080 m² (3.11 ha, 7.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395399.md - Parcel 1369942: 30,723 m² (3.07 ha, 7.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369942.md - Parcel 1399122: 24,325 m² (2.43 ha, 6.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399122.md - Parcel 1382987: 22,096 m² (2.21 ha, 5.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382987.md - Parcel 1382646: 20,507 m² (2.05 ha, 5.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382646.md - Parcel 1380650: 18,826 m² (1.88 ha, 4.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380650.md - Parcel 1374002: 17,645 m² (1.76 ha, 4.36 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1374002.md - Parcel 1309906: 17,440 m² (1.74 ha, 4.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309906.md - Parcel 1302121: 17,437 m² (1.74 ha, 4.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1302121.md - Parcel 1365055: 15,579 m² (1.56 ha, 3.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365055.md - Parcel 4750623: 14,585 m² (1.46 ha, 3.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4750623.md - Parcel 1386914: 10,244 m² (1.02 ha, 2.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386914.md - Parcel 1369683: 10,075 m² (1.01 ha, 2.49 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369683.md - Parcel 1313810: 9,950 m² (0.99 ha, 2.46 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313810.md - Parcel 2762000: 9,279 m² (0.93 ha, 2.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2762000.md - Parcel 1424093: 9,055 m² (0.91 ha, 2.24 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1424093.md - Parcel 1402686: 7,874 m² (0.79 ha, 1.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402686.md - Parcel 1361045: 7,855 m² (0.79 ha, 1.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361045.md - Parcel 1389335: 6,435 m² (0.64 ha, 1.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1389335.md - Parcel 4750748: 4,688 m² (0.47 ha, 1.16 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4750748.md - Parcel 1361350: 4,307 m² (0.43 ha, 1.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361350.md - Parcel 4729484: 4,144 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4729484.md - Parcel 1409022: 4,053 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1409022.md - Parcel 4825646: 4,049 m² (0.4 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4825646.md - Parcel 3664943: 3,945 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664943.md - Parcel 5916347: 3,940 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5916347.md - Parcel 1349757: 3,734 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1349757.md - Parcel 4732422: 3,707 m² (0.37 ha, 0.92 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4732422.md - Parcel 1313010: 3,513 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313010.md - Parcel 1350263: 3,512 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1350263.md - Parcel 1417699: 3,279 m² (0.33 ha, 0.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417699.md - Parcel 3664941: 2,922 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664941.md - Parcel 1304434: 2,874 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1304434.md - Parcel 1348849: 2,842 m² (0.28 ha, 0.7 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1348849.md - Parcel 1329853: 2,556 m² (0.26 ha, 0.63 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329853.md - Parcel 4778923: 2,463 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4778923.md - Parcel 1427607: 2,386 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1427607.md - Parcel 1309027: 1,843 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309027.md - Parcel 1314264: 1,776 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1314264.md - Parcel 1417673: 1,734 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417673.md - Parcel 1335161: 1,573 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1335161.md - Parcel 1311075: 1,502 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1311075.md - Parcel 1311882: 1,416 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1311882.md - Parcel 1323003: 1,398 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1323003.md - Parcel 1309420: 1,262 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309420.md - Parcel 1369841: 1,139 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369841.md - Parcel 1427896: 1,001 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1427896.md - Parcel 1366000: 893 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1366000.md - Parcel 1345053: 799 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345053.md - Parcel 1328844: 753 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1328844.md - Parcel 1345454: 650 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345454.md - Parcel 3664942: 519 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664942.md - Parcel 1399124: 263 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399124.md - Parcel 1326311: 210 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326311.md - Parcel 1327980: 174 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327980.md - Parcel 1389446: 109 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1389446.md - Parcel 1399123: 60 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399123.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Lefinn 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) 9 applications, newest first. - 20 Nov 2025, Donegal County Council 2562028: Conditional. Retention, 1 home. (1) DOMESTIC GARAGE, (2) STORAGE CONTAINER, (3) BASEMENT OF DWELLING AND (4) AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING DWELLING APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 98/1102 INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2562028/0 - 8 Oct 2025, Donegal County Council 2561754: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2561754/0 - 21 Aug 2023, Donegal County Council 2351242: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351242/0 - 10 May 2021, Donegal County Council 2150860: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLITON OF EXISTING DERELICT BUILDING ON SITE AND ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150860/0 - 19 Apr 2021, Donegal County Council 2150714: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150714/0 - 5 Feb 2021, Donegal County Council 2150186: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) CHANGE OF USE INVOLVING CONVERSION OF A CRECHE BUILDING TO A DWELLING HOUSE AND THE INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (2) INSTALLATION OF A FURTHER WASTEWATER TREATMENT TO REPLACE THE SEPTIC TANK SERVING EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND DRAINAGE. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150186/0 - 2 Aug 2019, Donegal County Council 1951185: Refused. Permission, 1 home. REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING & SHEDS AND ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951185/0 - 4 Apr 2018, Donegal County Council 1850496: Refused. Permission, 1 home. (1) REMOVAL OF AN EXISTING DERELICT DWELLING AND SHEDS AND (2) ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850496/0 - 13 Mar 2018, Donegal County Council 1850386: N/a. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850386/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lefinn. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) No recorded monument lies in the townland of Lefinn. ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Lefinn. ## 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 Lefinn, about 1 in 5 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. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lefinn. - 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/lefinn.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/lefinn.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/lefinn.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Lefinn 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) - Cruickaghmore: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cruickaghmore.md - Keadew: https://everytownland.com/donegal/keadew.md - Meenbannad: https://everytownland.com/donegal/meenbannad.md - Sheskinarone: https://everytownland.com/donegal/sheskinarone.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/lefinn - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/lefinn