Lurgabrack

76 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lurgabrack, from 42 m² to 1,866,018 m² (186.6 ha, 461.1 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 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 Lurgabrack 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.

• 22 May 2026N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660936

• 13 May 2026N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660863

• 11 Mar 2026Conditional

  COFFEE TRAILER AND CAR PARKING AREA INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2660389

• 12 Aug 2025Conditional

  EXISTING DOMESTIC GARAGE AND HOUSE AS CONSTRUCTED AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561382

• 22 Jul 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561250

• 10 Jul 2024Conditional

  (1) CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE TO THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 22/50399. THE PROPOSED DWELLING IS TWO STOREY WITH REVISED PROPOSALS TO INCLUDE ALTERATIONS TO THE SITE LAYOUT PLAN AND (2) ERECTION OF AN ATTACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461055

• 27 Oct 2023Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351645

• 6 Jul 2023N/a

  CHANGING THE HOUSE DESIGN OF A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DWELLING HOUSE GRANTED UNDER REF: 20/51041

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350985

• 28 Jun 2023N/a

  CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN OF A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DWELLING HOUSE GRANTED UNDER REF: 20/51041

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350929

• 29 Mar 2023Conditional

  GROUND FLOOR LEVEL EXTENSION (72.2SQM) WITHIN THE UNDERCROFT AREA TO THE REAR (EAST) OF THE PERMITTED AND PART CONSTRUCTED DWELLING (BENEATH THE PERMITTED MASTER BEDROOM AND UPPER LEVEL EXTERNAL TERRACE), THE PROVISION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE ENTRANCE/LOBBY AREA TO THE FRONT (WEST) ELEVATION (6.3SQM), THE OMISSION OF THE PERMITTED CHIMNEY, AND ASSOCIATED ELEVATIONAL CHANGES AND INTERNAL ALTERATIONS AND PERMISSION FOR (1) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTERNAL TERRACE ON THE NORTHERN ELEVATION AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL (25.8SQM), ADDITION OF AN EXTERNAL STAIRCASE TO PROVIDE ACCESS FROM GROUND LEVEL TO THE PERMITTED REAR EXTERNAL TERRACE AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL, AND ALL ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT WORKS ABOVE AND BELOW GROUND AND (2) OMISSION OF CONDITION NO. 3 ATTACHED TO DCC REG. REF. 19/51842 (RELATING TO THE MODIFICATION OF THE SITE ENTRANCE) AND OMISSION OF CONDITION NO. 10 (A) ATTACHED TO DCC REG. REF. 19/51842 (RELATING TO THE REMOVAL OF MATERIALS)

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2350406

• 20 Jan 2023N/a

  EXISTING WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR COMPLETION OF THE DWELLING INCLUDING AMENDMENTS FROM THE APPROVED APPLICATION UNDER PLANNING REF: 19/51842. AMENDMENTS TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL GROUND FLOOR ACCOMMODATION, TERRACES, FACADE AND RELOCATION OF THE SITE ENTRANCE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2350042

• 4 Jan 2023N/a

  EXISTING WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR COMPLETION OF THE DWELLING, INCLUDING AMENDMENTS OF 78.5 SQM OF ADDITIONAL GROUND FLOOR ACCOMMODATION, TERRACES, CHANGES TO THE FACADE AND THE RELOCATION OF THE SITE ENTRANCE FROM THE APPROVED PLAN REF. (19/51842 REFERS)

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2350004

• 15 Dec 2022N/a

  EXISTING WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR COMPLETION OF DWELLING WHICH INCLUDE AMENDMENTS FROM THE APPROVED APPLICATION UNDER PL. REG.REF.NO:19/51842. AMENDMENTS INCLUDE 78.5SQM OF ADDITIONAL GROUND FLOOR ACCOMMODATION, TERRACES, CHANGES TO THE FACADE AND RELOCATION OF SITE ENTRANCE

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2252011

• 21 Jul 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF ANNEX ANCILLARY TO DWELLING AND REPLACEMENT & RELOCATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251253

• 8 Jul 2022N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF ANNEX ANCILLARY TO DWELLING AND REPLACEMENT OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251172

• 10 Mar 2022Conditional

  (1) EXTENSION AND REALIGNMENT OF EXISTING CAR PARK CREATING 35 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES AND 4 NO. RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKING SPACES, ALONG WITH CIRCULATION PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS AND GREEN SPACES, (2) HARD SURFACING TO CAR PARK INCLUDING MARKINGS INDICATING PARKING SPACES AND PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS AND (3) HARD SURFACING TO EXISTING ROADWAY. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250415

• 7 Mar 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ANCILLARY WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250399

• 22 Feb 2022Conditional

  INCREASED RIDGE HEIGHT OF THE EXISTING HOUSE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF NO: 07/30224 AND PERMISSION FOR ALTERATION AND ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2250297

• 4 Feb 2022N/a

  DEVELOPMENT OF AN EXTENSION TO THE CAR PARK CONSISTING OF (1) EXTENSION AND REALIGNMENT OF EXISTING CAR PARK CREATING 35 NO. CAR PARKING SPACES & 4 NO. RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARKING SPACES, ALONG WITH CIRCULATION PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS AND GREEN SPACES (2) HARD SURFACING TO CAR PARK INCLUDING MARKINGS INDICATING PARKING SPACES AND PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS (3) HARD SURAFCING TO EXISTING ROADWAY. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250163

• 5 Jul 2021Conditional

  (1) PART DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STRUCTURES (2) THE REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DERELICT COTTAGE (3) ERECTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING COTTAGE (4) INSTALLATION OF A SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151338

• 22 Jun 2021N/a

  (1) PART DEMOLITION OF EXISTING STRUCTURE, (2) REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DERELICT COTTAGE, (3) ERECTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISING COTTAGE, (4)INSTALLATION OF A SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151223

• 28 Apr 2021Conditional

  DWELLING HOUSE AND SEPTIC TANK & PERCOLATION AREA

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150777

• 7 Apr 2021N/a

  RELOCATION OF HOUSE AND RELOCATION OF SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AS GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION 03/2612 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150606

• 3 Feb 2021Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF (A) A NEW PLAYING PITCH (B) A NEW TRAINING PITCH (C) A CLUB HOUSE INCORPORATING CHANGING ROOMS AND ABLUTION FACILITIES (D) EQUIPMENT STORAGE SHED (2) INSTALLATION OF A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM (6) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND PERIMETER FENCING. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150153

• 1 Oct 2020Conditional

  (1) ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (2) RETAIN AND COMPLETE DOMESTIC GARAGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051417

The 25 most recent of 40 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Horn Head and Rinclevan SAC 000147
• Special Protection Area: Horn Head to Fanad Head SPA 004194
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Horn Head And Rinclevan 000147

Recorded monuments

• DG015-011002 Field system
  Description

  Remains of several field walls meandering across the the S face of rising ground in upland area which appear to be contemporaneous with hilltop cashel (DG015-011-). The field walls appear to run onto and repsect this hilltop cashel. The field walls are constructed with low upright orthostats forming a double wall with an inner and outer facing or revetment. These walls mainly run from E to W across the S facing slope of rising ground. To the SE of the cashel there are two field walls running parallel to each other which appear to form a roadway running E-W across the S face of the hill. On this S facing hill the field walls appear to form several D-shaped fields. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 29 May 2010

• DG015-012 Enclosure
  Description

  There is no trace of the 'Doongonaway' marked on the 2nd and 3rd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. The site is an elevated knoll of rock measuring about 20m across its uneven top. There are excellent views from the site especially over Sheephaven Bay to the E. The land is light-soiled with rock outcrop occurring and is suitable for grazing. The location is typical of many sites in NW Donegal and the topography indicates the probability of a cashel. 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

• DG015-015 Souterrain
  Description

  At the S end of Horn Head, on a gentle E-facing slope with rock outcropping adjacent at SE−S, in a broad expanse of undulating grass-covered sand hills. A bay bordered by a beach, Tramore Strand, is located 900m to SW and the estuarine bay at Dunfanaghy is c. 1km to SE. This souterrain is not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch maps. It was first recorded by NMI in 1968 (SMR file). The souterrain is of drystone construction with lintel roofing. It can be traced for a length of c. 20-21m on a roughly L-shaped plan, extending for c. 14m on an E−W axis and at the W end changing direction for c. 7m to NNW. Three constrictions/short creeps subdivide it into four separate, consecutive sections/lengths of passage: a single NNW−SSE section and three sections on the E−W axis. The individual passages vary in length from 2.3-7m. In addition, a short side passage/chamber (L 2.8m N−S; Wth 1m E−W; H 0.7), rectangular in plan, opens off the N side of the eastern-most length of passage. There is little variation in passage width (Wth c. 0.7-1m) and height (0.7-0.9m) throughout the souterrain. Each separate length of passage is narrow and low; it is not possible to stand upright at any point and movement through the souterrain requires crouching or crawling. There is a change in level between the NNW−SSE section and the E−W section, with one length of passage in the E−W section sloping downwards markedly from W to E, reflecting the natural slope of the hill in which it is constructed. The central passage on the E−W axis curves in a gently sinuous way. The side walls are rather roughly built in 3-5 random courses using angular stones of varying sizes; in parts, the basal course incorporates very large boulders or stones set on edge. In contrast to the side walls, the constrictions/creeps appear more carefully constructed, flanked by upright jamb stones, which project from the passage walls, and covered by low set lintels. The souterrain roof is constructed using large slabs/lintels laid horizontally. The floor is sandy earth. It is not clear whether the current NNW and E terminals of the souterrain are original end points or merely the result of recent blockage. The location of the original entrance is also uncertain, but there are now four areas of surface subsidence or collapse. Within the souterrain, several roof lintels exhibit cracks or a degree of displacement, and further subsidence/collapse is likely. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of revised upload: 3 February 2022

• DG015-032 Hut site
  Description

  Unable to locate any remains of a hut site in area marked on the 6-inch map. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 02 May 2010

• DG015-034 Field system
  Description

  Two parallel field walls (H 0.2m; Wth 1.1m) running from N to S which are 31m apart and are visible amongst the sand dunes and appears to form part of a larger field system of unknown date. A third field boundary runs W from the N end of the two field walls. The rest of the field system has been covered by the sand but in places where erosion of the sand has occurred the field system is visible. A nearby souterrain (DG015-015-) located immediately to the S of the visible section of the two field walls may be contemporaneous with the field system. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 02 May 2010

• DG015-039 House - 18th/19th century
  Description

  Situated on SE facing slope of rising ground with good views of Dunfanaghy bay to the SE and higher ground to NW. Horn Head House, home of the Stewart family formerly of Horn Head from the time of its purchase by Captain Charles Stewart in 1700 until its sale in 1934 by Lindesay Stewart. The house has been unoccupied since 1934 . Horn Head House is the site of a multi-period building consisting of a 5-bay two storey house built onto the front of a possible late 17th or early 18th century house consisting of a two storey central block with a rectangular wing flanking either side of the central block. Statute niches are visible in the E and W faces of the flankers either side of the central block. A complex series of stone lined drains situated c. 0.12m below the surface of the ground have been uncovered immediately E of the house and appear to represent early 18th century drainage channels. These impressive drainage channels (Wth 0.35-0.5m; H 0.83m) are stone lined and stand 5 courses high and are roofed with flagstone lintels. A possible series of rectangular bee-boles are visible in the garden wall to the NE of the house. Described by Bence-Jones as 'A plain C18 2 storey gable-ended house of 5 bays; with a central Wyatt window and a door with sidelights under a primitive pediment. Rambling outbuildings attached to house, with several archways' (Bence-Jones 1988, 155). This house is listed as a Protected Structure by Donegal Co. Co. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of uplaod / revision : 19 July 2010

Architectural heritage

• Horn Head House, country house, 1740–1780 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay two-storey former country house, erected c. 1760, having single-storey entrance porch to the centre of the front elevation (south-east), c. 1860, and with two-storey stair return with attached two-storey wings to the rear (north-west). Possibly containing fabric of earlier house to rear (north-west) of site, c. 1700. Now out of use (since c. 1935) and derelict. Pitched natural slate roof with moulded stone eaves course brought around side elevations as stringcourse, remnants of cast-iron rainwater goods, rendered chimneystack to the south-west gable end having terracotta pots over, and with tall red brick chimneystack to the rear return. Flat roof to entrance porch having moulded parapet. Remains of roughcast lime render over rubble stone construction. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls to entrance porch with raised rendered block quoins to corners. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills, and remains of six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows at ground floor level with remains of six-over-three pane timber sliding sash window over at first floor level; central tripartite Wyatt window to the front elevation (south-east) at first floor having raised ashlar(?) surround. Square-headed doorway to the north-east face of porch having remains of timber door with two-pane overlight. Remains of plaster cornices, wide timber stairs with plain balustrade, slate fireplace surrounds to upper floor rooms to interior (interior not viewed). Set well back from road in own grounds to the south end of the Horn Head Peninsula, and in the rural to the north-west of Dunfanaghy. Detached two-storey outbuildings and detached three-bay two-storey estate house to rear (north-west) having partially rendered rubble stone walls, remains of pitched natural slate roofs, and square-headed openings with remains of timber fittings. Complex of ruinous outbuildings to the west having rubble stone walls, mainly collapsed roofs, and with remains of square-headed and segmental-headed openings. Former walled gardens to the rear and north of site.

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

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1538 (ZIP).

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

Name

Lurgabrack · Lorga Bhreac

Area

2,993,266 m² (299.33 ha, 739.65 acres)

Civil parish

Clondahorky, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmacrenan

Electoral division

Dunfanaghy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunfanaghy electoral division: 1,015 people in 376 households; 78% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 50% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Claggan, Cloghernagh, Corgannive Glebe, Marfagh, Muntermellan

Placenames

Lurgabrack 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.