Lissacholly

126 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lissacholly, from 0 m² to 165,667 m² (16.57 ha, 40.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Lissacholly 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.

• 30 Nov 2022Conditional

  EXISTING DOMESTIC STORE TO THE REAR OF DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A GARDEN/HOBBY ROOM

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251921

• 4 Mar 2022Conditional

  REFURBISHMENT AND ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE ALONG WITH THE INSTALLATION OF A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250386

• 8 Apr 2021Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DRY FLOOR AGRICULTURAL SHED IN LIEU OF THE DOMESTIC GARAGE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REF.19/50686 AT LISACHOLLY TD. BALLYSHANNON. CO. DONEGAL

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150617

• 21 May 2019Conditional

  (1) ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE SERVICED BY A TREATMENT SYSTEM, TERIARY UNITS AND DISPOSAL PAD, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE & (3) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ACCESS LANE

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950686

• 17 Dec 2018Conditional

  ERECTION OF A GARDEN ROOM ANCILLARY TO THE USE OF THE MAIN DWELLING HOUSE TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851905

• 8 Dec 2017Conditional

  DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1751852

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

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Lissacholly.

Recorded monuments

• DG107-088 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Originally a subcircular space enclosed by an earthen bank and external fosse. These now only survive on the E and N sides and in poor condition. Situated on the E shoulder of a low hill S of the River Erne. 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

• DG107-097 Enclosure
  Description

  There is no trace of the single-ringed enclosure shown on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map. It was situated on wet boggy 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

• DG107-098 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 45m. A circular area enclosed by a substantial earthen bank, a fosse and a smaller outer bank and fosse. There are indications of an additional bank outside the outer fosse. The banks are badly overgrown with trees and bushes and the outer bank and fosse are virtually obliterated except on the W side. The interior of the fort is slightly raised above the level of the surrounding fields. It is situated in wet boggy 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

• DG107-099 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 17m. A subcircular area enclosed by an earthen bank, a wide deep fosse and outer bank which survives to a height of c. 1.5m. There is a possible entrance in the E sector. The site is totally overgrown and a road skirts it on the N and E sides. It is situated on gently sloping land S of the River Erne. 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

• DG107-100 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 38m. A subcircular area defined by a substantial earthen bank, a deep wide fosse, a partially surviving outer bank and a small outer fosse. The monument is overgrown, with trees and bushes, on its S side. It is situated on the N shoulder of rising ground S of the River Erne. 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

• DG107-104 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Internal diam. 18m. A subcircular area enclosed by an earthen bank, a wide fosse and an outer bank which survives to a height of 2.5m. There is a possible entrance in the SE quadrant. The site is heavily overgrown. It is situated on elevated good 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

Architectural heritage

• Water pump, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water pump, erected c. 1900. Comprising banded shaft, moulded spout, fluted cap with finial over, and with curved 'cow tail' pumping arm. Set on grass margin adjacent to country road. Located in the rural countryside to the south-east of Ballyshannon and to the west of Belleek.

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

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, 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 Lissacholly.

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

Name

Lissacholly · Lios an Chollaigh

Area

2,451,125 m² (245.11 ha, 605.69 acres)

Civil parish

Kilbarron, and its townlands

Barony

Tirhugh

Electoral division

Carrickboy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carrickboy electoral division: 389 people in 156 households; 86% of households own their home; 21% of homes were built since 2001; 18% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 3% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Camlin, Clontyseer, Killeen, Rowantreehill, Templenew

Placenames

Lissacholly 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.