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

Townland in the civil parish of Desertegny, barony of Inishowen West, Co. Donegal.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,979,846 m² (197.98 ha, 489.23 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 109 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 3,917 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 32 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Desertegny, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/desertegny.md
- Barony: Inishowen West
- Electoral division: Desertegny, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 751 people lived in 252 households in the Desertegny electoral division. 90% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 15% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/15173
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 51737
- Centre: latitude 55.181761, longitude -7.485804 (WGS 84)

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

109 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Liafin, from 81 m² to 208,213 m² (20.82 ha, 51.45 acres); 41 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1416787: 208,213 m² (20.82 ha, 51.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416787.md
- Parcel 1382236: 120,654 m² (12.07 ha, 29.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382236.md
- Parcel 1382239: 105,767 m² (10.58 ha, 26.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382239.md
- Parcel 1416777: 104,823 m² (10.48 ha, 25.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416777.md
- Parcel 1416785: 101,171 m² (10.12 ha, 25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416785.md
- Parcel 1357413: 99,191 m² (9.92 ha, 24.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1357413.md
- Parcel 1382243: 96,242 m² (9.62 ha, 23.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382243.md
- Parcel 1382235: 68,137 m² (6.81 ha, 16.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382235.md
- Parcel 1416581: 64,112 m² (6.41 ha, 15.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416581.md
- Parcel 2684165: 62,732 m² (6.27 ha, 15.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/2684165.md
- Parcel 1416773: 60,184 m² (6.02 ha, 14.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416773.md
- Parcel 1416774: 59,799 m² (5.98 ha, 14.78 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416774.md
- Parcel 1416470: 58,141 m² (5.81 ha, 14.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416470.md
- Parcel 1380162: 54,918 m² (5.49 ha, 13.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380162.md
- Parcel 1346452: 48,017 m² (4.8 ha, 11.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346452.md
- Parcel 4627387: 47,856 m² (4.79 ha, 11.83 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4627387.md
- Parcel 1410332: 39,480 m² (3.95 ha, 9.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410332.md
- Parcel 1382237: 37,629 m² (3.76 ha, 9.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382237.md
- Parcel 1382242: 34,478 m² (3.45 ha, 8.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382242.md
- Parcel 1399506: 32,775 m² (3.28 ha, 8.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399506.md
- Parcel 1416786: 32,577 m² (3.26 ha, 8.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416786.md
- Parcel 1382240: 31,518 m² (3.15 ha, 7.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382240.md
- Parcel 1394246: 28,743 m² (2.87 ha, 7.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1394246.md
- Parcel 1398095: 20,972 m² (2.1 ha, 5.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398095.md
- Parcel 1414612: 20,852 m² (2.09 ha, 5.15 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1414612.md
- Parcel 1416779: 20,172 m² (2.02 ha, 4.98 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416779.md
- Parcel 1384576: 18,996 m² (1.9 ha, 4.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384576.md
- Parcel 4662921: 17,489 m² (1.75 ha, 4.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4662921.md
- Parcel 1416780: 15,119 m² (1.51 ha, 3.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416780.md
- Parcel 1416784: 12,640 m² (1.26 ha, 3.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416784.md
- Parcel 1416778: 12,402 m² (1.24 ha, 3.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416778.md
- Parcel 1382052: 9,855 m² (0.99 ha, 2.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382052.md
- Parcel 1382244: 9,234 m² (0.92 ha, 2.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382244.md
- Parcel 1416579: 7,572 m² (0.76 ha, 1.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416579.md
- Parcel 1414611: 7,441 m² (0.74 ha, 1.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1414611.md
- Parcel 1416781: 7,309 m² (0.73 ha, 1.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416781.md
- Parcel 1427197: 7,298 m² (0.73 ha, 1.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1427197.md
- Parcel 1376331: 7,102 m² (0.71 ha, 1.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376331.md
- Parcel 1416782: 6,834 m² (0.68 ha, 1.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416782.md
- Parcel 1365057: 5,683 m² (0.57 ha, 1.4 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365057.md
- Parcel 3664335: 5,560 m² (0.56 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664335.md
- Parcel 1416790: 5,546 m² (0.55 ha, 1.37 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416790.md
- Parcel 1382241: 5,399 m² (0.54 ha, 1.33 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382241.md
- Parcel 1386486: 5,246 m² (0.52 ha, 1.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386486.md
- Parcel 1335317: 5,061 m² (0.51 ha, 1.25 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1335317.md
- Parcel 1329040: 4,877 m² (0.49 ha, 1.21 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329040.md
- Parcel 1378854: 4,784 m² (0.48 ha, 1.18 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1378854.md
- Parcel 3664337: 4,535 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664337.md
- Parcel 1398094: 4,521 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398094.md
- Parcel 4627406: 4,459 m² (0.45 ha, 1.1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4627406.md
- Parcel 1398411: 4,320 m² (0.43 ha, 1.07 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398411.md
- Parcel 1380735: 4,130 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380735.md
- Parcel 1365343: 4,113 m² (0.41 ha, 1.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365343.md
- Parcel 1338222: 4,065 m² (0.41 ha, 1 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1338222.md
- Parcel 1398031: 3,917 m² (0.39 ha, 0.97 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398031.md
- Parcel 5302438: 3,900 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5302438.md
- Parcel 4251509: 3,799 m² (0.38 ha, 0.94 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4251509.md
- Parcel 1311931: 3,758 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1311931.md
- Parcel 1333495: 3,652 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1333495.md
- Parcel 4928503: 3,582 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4928503.md
- Parcel 1366359: 3,562 m² (0.36 ha, 0.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1366359.md
- Parcel 3664336: 3,519 m² (0.35 ha, 0.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3664336.md
- Parcel 3770200: 3,411 m² (0.34 ha, 0.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3770200.md
- Parcel 1416580: 3,257 m² (0.33 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416580.md
- Parcel 1410331: 3,124 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410331.md
- Parcel 1315484: 3,117 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1315484.md
- Parcel 1365058: 3,116 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365058.md
- Parcel 1391638: 3,057 m² (0.31 ha, 0.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391638.md
- Parcel 5543976: 3,017 m² (0.3 ha, 0.75 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5543976.md
- Parcel 1340292: 2,974 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1340292.md
- Parcel 3770207: 2,922 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3770207.md
- Parcel 1346456: 2,895 m² (0.29 ha, 0.72 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346456.md
- Parcel 1347727: 2,778 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347727.md
- Parcel 1399507: 2,696 m² (0.27 ha, 0.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399507.md
- Parcel 1344983: 2,639 m² (0.26 ha, 0.65 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344983.md
- Parcel 6005657: 2,503 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/6005657.md
- Parcel 1343999: 2,473 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343999.md
- Parcel 1416783: 2,416 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1416783.md
- Parcel 1365609: 2,393 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365609.md
- Parcel 5347875: 2,378 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5347875.md
- Parcel 1402964: 2,356 m² (0.24 ha, 0.58 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402964.md
- Parcel 1407980: 2,299 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407980.md
- Parcel 1380245: 2,258 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380245.md
- Parcel 4928506: 2,189 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4928506.md
- Parcel 1344560: 2,185 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344560.md
- Parcel 1365428: 2,160 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365428.md
- Parcel 1366360: 2,125 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1366360.md
- Parcel 1329940: 2,068 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329940.md
- Parcel 4636055: 2,046 m² (0.2 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4636055.md
- Parcel 6125516: 1,927 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6125516.md
- Parcel 1318776: 1,680 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318776.md
- Parcel 1376332: 1,574 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376332.md
- Parcel 1398382: 1,516 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398382.md
- Parcel 4780981: 1,234 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4780981.md
- Parcel 1352482: 1,041 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1352482.md
- Parcel 1349695: 939 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1349695.md
- Parcel 1318369: 902 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1318369.md
- Parcel 5926613: 898 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5926613.md
- Parcel 1365323: 836 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365323.md
- Parcel 1398064: 768 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398064.md
- Parcel 1345492: 479 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1345492.md
- Parcel 4636047: 453 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4636047.md
- Parcel 1382245: 385 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382245.md
- Parcel 5926595: 368 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5926595.md
- Parcel 5746263: 307 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5746263.md
- Parcel 5347862: 246 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5347862.md
- Parcel 6125507: 208 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6125507.md
- Parcel 4854781: 167 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4854781.md
- Parcel 4928508: 81 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4928508.md

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

No zone of a development plan covers Liafin 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)

32 applications, newest first.

- 25 Aug 2026, Donegal County Council 2661571: N/a. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ALL OTHER SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661571/0
- 15 Dec 2025, Donegal County Council 2562224: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2562224/0
- 24 Apr 2025, Donegal County Council 2560644: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING DETACHED 1½ STOREY DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK) AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED 2 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING, DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE & CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560644/0
- 4 Mar 2025, Donegal County Council 2560304: Conditional. Retention. FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION AND PERMISSION FOR DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT CONSERVATORY DUE TO DEFECTIVE BUILDING MATERIALS AND CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560304/0
- 28 Jan 2025, Donegal County Council 2560090: Conditional. Retention. (1) AMENDMENTS TO ELEVATIONS OF EXISTING DWELLING (PLANNING REF. NO. 04/5601 REFERS) AND (2) SMALL EXTENSION TO FRONT OF DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR COMPLETION OF WORKS, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560090/0
- 12 Dec 2024, Donegal County Council 2462062: N/a. Retention, 1 home. (1) AMENDMENTS TO ELEVATIONS OF EXISTING DWELLING (PLANNING REF. NO. 04/5601 REFERS) AND (2) SMALL EXTENSION TO FRONT OF DWELLING, AND PERMISSION FOR COMPLETION OF WORKS, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2462062/0
- 16 Sept 2024, Donegal County Council 2461455: Refused. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461455/0
- 3 Jul 2024, Donegal County Council 2461011: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461011/0
- 1 Jul 2024, Donegal County Council 2460993: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO AN ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460993/0
- 25 Jun 2024, Donegal County Council 2460962: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO AN ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460962/0
- 14 May 2024, Donegal County Council 2460700: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO AN ON SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460700/0
- 7 May 2024, Donegal County Council 2460657: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO AN ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460657/0
- 8 Apr 2024, Donegal County Council 2460477: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, CONNECTION TO ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460477/0
- 20 Feb 2024, Donegal County Council 2460172: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF A SLATTED AGRICULTURAL SHED WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460172/0
- 28 Dec 2023, Donegal County Council 2352029: Refused. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND DOMESTIC GARAGE, ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2352029/0
- 26 Sept 2023, Donegal County Council 2351439: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING DETACHED MICA AFFECTED 1 1/2 STOREY DWELLING AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED 1 1/2 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351439/0
- 12 Sept 2023, Donegal County Council 2351362: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING AND ATTACHED GARAGE WITH CONNECTION TO AN ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351362/0
- 17 Jul 2023, Donegal County Council 2351049: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2351049/0
- 7 Mar 2023, Donegal County Council 2350271: Conditional. Retention. RE-LOCATION OF PERCOLATION AREA GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER 04/5601 AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350271/0
- 14 Feb 2023, Donegal County Council 2350166: N/a. Permission. ALTERATIONS AND 19M2 EXTENSION TO GROUND FLOOR AND EXTENSION TO UPPER FLOOR OF EXISTING DWELLING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATION WITH ALL EXISTING SERVICES TO REMAIN AND BE UTILISED. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350166/0
- 26 May 2022, Donegal County Council 2250912: Conditional. Retention. EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE AND HARDCORE YARD AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PARKING BAYS WITH SERVICES FOR CAMPER VANS, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250912/0
- 11 Apr 2022, Donegal County Council 2250618: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250618/0
- 15 Nov 2021, Donegal County Council 2152253: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2152253/0
- 11 Aug 2021, Donegal County Council 2151619: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, TOGETHER WITH A DETACHED GARAGE, ONSITE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151619/0
- 18 May 2021, Donegal County Council 2150941: N/a. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150941/0
- 13 Apr 2021, Donegal County Council 2150646: Conditional. Permission. CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC STORAGE SHED WITH ATTACHED CAR PORT AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2150646/0
- 22 Jun 2020, Donegal County Council 2050807: N/a. Retention. SITE ENTRANCE AND HARDCORE YARD AND OUTLINE PERMISSION FOR A CAMPING/GLAMPING SITE THAT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING: (A) CONSTRUCTION OF A SERVICES BUILDING TO INCLUDE TOILETS AND SHOWERS, (B) 10 NO. GLAMPING PODS, (C) 3 NO. CARAVAN PITCHES, (D) 4 NO. PARKING BAYS WITH SERVICES FOR CAMPER VANS, (E) TENT PITCH AREA, (F) CHILDREN'S PLAY PARK, (G) CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050807/0
- 10 Mar 2020, Donegal County Council 2050319: N/a. Retention. SITE ENTRANCE AND HARDCORE YARD AND FOR OUTLINE PERMISSION OF A CAMPING/GLAMPING SITE THAT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING (A) CONSTRUCTION OF A SERVICES BUILDING TO INCLUDE TOILETS AND SHOWERS (B) 10 NO. GLAMPING PODS (C) 3 NO. CARAVAN PITCHES (D) 4 NO. PARKING BAYS WITH SERVICES FOR CAMPER VANS (E) TENT PITCH AREA (F) CHILDREN'S PLAY PARK (G CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050319/0
- 20 Dec 2019, Donegal County Council 1952012: N/a. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1952012/0
- 10 Jun 2019, Donegal County Council 1950866: Refused. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENTS WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950866/0
- 23 Apr 2019, Donegal County Council 1950586: N/a. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950586/0
- 31 May 2018, Donegal County Council 1850867: Conditional. Retention. ADDITIONAL FIRST FLOOR REAR EXTENSION AND ALTERATIONS TO ELEVATIONS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1850867/0

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## 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 Liafin.

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

- DG019-013: Megalithic tomb - court tomb, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG019-013----. The monument is on the W side of the Inishowen peninsula, c. 1km from the shore of Lough Swilly on a low flat-topped ridge, and is aligned NE-SW. The land in the vicinity, poorly drained and bog grown, provides rough grazing. There are good views from the site, particularly to the SW across Lough Swilly, though limited to the NE by Aghaweel Hill c. 1.2km away and to the E by the less imposing Liafin Hill. The monument consists of, at the NE, the remains of a gallery c. 6m long, now divided into two chambers. Approximately 26m to the SW there is a ruined subsidiary chamber, and a further 12m to the SW is another, both opening to the SE. These three elements seem to have stood in a long narrow mound that is now only intermittently traceable in the uneven, boggy surface. Reliable survey of its outline is not possible, but it seems to have been c. 15m broad. There appears to have been considerable clearance of cairn material from the site since the middle of the 19th century, when, it is reported, there was 'a vast quantity of loose stones of various dimensions lying in a confused mass' between the main gallery and the south-western subsidiary chambers (OS Revision Name Book, 1846-7). Today there is only a light scatter of loose stones in this area. The main gallery opens to the NE. The front chamber is represented by a single orthostat at its southern side. This is a split stone set with its flat face to the interior. It is 0.8m high. It does not seem to be deeply set in the ground and leans inward against a segmenting jamb at its inner end. This longitudinally set jamb is the same height as the sidestone. At the inner face of this jamb is an upright stone, 0.2m high. The status of this stone is uncertain. Opposite the jamb is an orthostat lm in exposed height. This too may be a jamb. A prostrate stone measuring 1.lm by 0.7m lies 2.6m to the NE of this. A thorn bush grows in the rear chamber, the southern side of which is formed by two stones. The outer stone, set more or less in line with the segmenting jamb, is 0.6m in exposed height. Its top is 0.4m below that of the jamb. The inner sidestone here, set outside the line of the outer, does not seem to be deeply set in the ground. It has a flat inner face and is 0.8m high. A tall gabled orthostat, 1.7m high, forms the back of the gallery. This chamber was c. 3m long and was probably c. 1.5m wide. The gallery was rather better preserved in 1846-7 (OS Revision Name Book), when five 'flag stones' were present on the S side and four on the N. It was then 26 feet (c. 8m) long, which suggests that the gallery may have consisted of more than the two chambers now known. Only two stones of the eastern subsidiary chamber survive. One of these, a sidestone at the SW, leans markedly to the E. If upright, it would stand 1m high. There is a gable-shaped backstone at right angles to the N end of this. It leans southward and partly overlies but does not touch the sidestone. This, if upright, would stand 0.7m high. The western subsidiary chamber is rather better preserved. It is c. 2m long and almost 1m wide. Two sidestones and a backstone survive. The backstone, low and flat topped, is 0.25m high. The sidestone to the E leans against the backstone and rises 0.35m above it. The sidestone to the W is set in front of the backstone. Its inner end is around the same height as the backstone, from where it rises toward the front of the chamber, where it is 0.55m high. According to local information, this chamber was damaged at around the beginning of the 20th century. Approximately 3.5m to the W of the chamber is a leaning stone 0.6m long, c. 0.3m thick and, if upright, lm high. It is unclear whether it is a structural stone. Almost lm to the W is a displaced stone measuring 0.7m in maximum dimension. OS Revision Name Book, sheet 19 (1846-7), 30-31; de Valera 1960, 104, no. 3 (plan); Ó Nualláin 1983a, 24, no. 32; SMR 1987, 19:13 and 19:14; Ó Nualláin 1989, 117; Colhoun 1995, 57, no. 19/2; RMP 1995, 19:13 and 19:14. 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 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002)
- DG019-015: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG019-015----. There is no trace of the 'erect stones' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on rough ground sloping SW towards Lough Swilly. Excavation licence number 00E0646 A one-day site assessment was carried out in the area of a proposed house site at Liafin, Linsfort, Co. Donegal, in order to fulfil the requirements of an outline planning application to erect a dwelling and septic tank. The archaeological site that prompted this assessment, standing stone SMR 19:15, no longer appears to exist at its recorded location. However, two 'new' standing stones had been located in the field on the opposite side of the road to the development site during a previous site assessment. Three test-trenches were opened within the area of development—Trenches 1 and 2 within the footings of the building, and Trench 3 along the length of the proposed access road to the dwelling. Trench 1 was placed along the length of the proposed building and was located 26m from the west field boundary and 8m from the north field boundary. The trench, which was 20m long, c. 2m wide and orientated north-south, was excavated with the aid of a machine fitted with a toothless bucket. The topsoil (a grey/dark brown, loamy, silty clay that ranged in depth from 0.2m to 0.26m) was removed to uncover the underlying subsoil—an orange/white, soft, sandy, silt boulder clay. No archaeological activity was located during this work. Trench 2 was placed along the width of the proposed building, at right angles to Trench 1, approximately central to the first trench. This trench was c. 2m wide and 10m long. Again the topsoil was stripped to uncover the underlying subsoil. No archaeological activity was uncovered within this trench. Trench 3 was placed along the length of the proposed access road to the dwelling and was located c. 8m to the south of Trench 2 and 13m to the west of Trench 1. The area opened up was c. 2m wide and 15m long. Again the topsoil was removed to uncover the underlying subsoil, and nothing of archaeological significance was located within this trench. (Excavations Bulletin 2000) Ciara McManus, ADS, Unit 48, Westlink Enterprise Centre, 30-50 Distillery Street, Belfast. Pre-development testing was undertaken by Aaron Johnston, for Archaeological Development Services Ltd, under licence No. 08E0543 across the site proposed for the construction of a dwelling house with wastewater treatment plant and access road. The site of development is located partly within the constraint rings of a megalithic tomb (DG019–014----) and a standing stone (DG019–015----). A desk-based assessment undertaken in 2000 concluded that the standing stone was no longer in situ. However, two previously unrecorded standing stones located a short distance across the road to the south-west are likely to be the remains of this monument. A test excavation conducted later in the same year by Ciara MacManus (ADS) revealed no archaeological features or artefacts within the site proposed for construction of the house (Excavations 2000, No. 184, 00E0646). The plan of development was amended several years later which involved relocating the proposed dwelling house a short distance to the north of the site planned initially. The relocation of the proposed dwelling house was therefore subject to a planning condition by Donegal County Council to carry out a further phase of testing. This was carried out on 14 August 2008. Four transecting trenches were excavated, which measured between 25–60m in length. They were excavated across the site of the proposed house, septic tank and driveway. No archaeological features or artefacts of any kind were exposed during testing. 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 18 November 2011
- DG019-016: Standing stone, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG019-016----. A standing stone c. 2m high × 0.95m wide; NE-SW. Situated on rough pasture land overlooking Lough Swilly. 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 No archaeological significance NGR 23279 43719 Excavation Licence No. 05E0608 Pre-development testing was carried out on 7 June 2005 at a site in advance of its development at Liafin townland, Buncrana, Co. Donegal. The proposed development, the construction of a single-storey dwelling with septic tank, was located within the constraint area for a standing stone. The monument was 14m from the proposed access road/driveway and 50m away from the proposed dwelling. Three trenches were excavated along the access road/driveway and through the proposed dwelling, septic tank and percolation area. The trenches measured 150m, 14.7m and 16.1m long, 1.5-1.8m wide and 0.1-0.6m deep. Below the topsoil were orange/grey/brown plastic sandy clay, orange/brown plastic silty clay and orange/brown friable silt loam. The three types of natural subsoil were sterile. The testing exposed two land drains and crossed a backfilled test-pit. One sherd of modern pottery was recovered from the topsoil. The testing revealed nothing of archaeological significance (Excavations Bulletin 2005). Richard Crumlish, 4 Lecka Grove, Castlebar Road, Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo.
- DG019-028: Megalithic structure, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG019-028----. Described by Ciara McManus as 'Concealed almost entirely by a thick garden hedge 1m W of the roadside, two large stones stand next to each other both aligned with their long axis in an E-W direction. The stone to the N is the larger of the two, though approximately 0.1m less in height than its S partner (exact measurements are impossible due to the thickness of the hedge). It is a large lichen-covered block standing stone 1.2m in height and measures 1.1m long and about 0.4m in breadth. The full height of both stones is lessened on the E side by build-up on the verge of the road, though to the W, in the base of the hedge, their full height can be seen as the garden is about 0.4m lower. The S stone stands 1.3m high and is a fine slab, approximately 0.3m thick and 1m in length. It is leaning slightly from its original position and and now rests against the top of the other though originally, if upright, as measured at the base of the stones, it would have been no more than 0.2m from the other. On present evidence, the stones do not appear to be the remains of any larger monument, such as a megalithic tomb and can only be classfieid at this time as a pair of standing stones' (Unpublished excavation report no. 00E646). Excavation licence number 00E0646 A one-day site assessment was carried out in the area of a proposed house site at Liafin, Linsfort, Co. Donegal, in order to fulfil the requirements of an outline planning application to erect a dwelling and septic tank. The archaeological site that prompted this assessment, standing stone SMR 19:15, no longer appears to exist at its recorded location. However, two 'new' standing stones had been located in the field on the opposite side of the road to the development site during a previous site assessment. (Excavations Bulletin 2000) Ciara McManus, ADS, Unit 48, Westlink Enterprise Centre, 30-50 Distillery Street, Belfast.

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)

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

## 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 Liafin, about 1 in 20 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 Liafin.
- 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/liafin.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/liafin.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/liafin.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

No address of the register names Liafin 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)

- Ballyannan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/ballyannan.md
- Glebe: https://everytownland.com/donegal/glebe-51312.md
- Gortleck: https://everytownland.com/donegal/gortleck.md
- Gortyarrigan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/gortyarrigan.md
- Linsfort: https://everytownland.com/donegal/linsfort.md
- Meenalooban: https://everytownland.com/donegal/meenalooban.md
- Sladran: https://everytownland.com/donegal/sladran.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/liafin
- In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/liafin