Lurgan

31 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Lurgan, from 614 m² to 261,182 m² (26.12 ha, 64.54 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 25 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Lurgan 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.

• 9 Jul 2025Conditional

  MOBILE HOME ON A TEMPORARY BASIS (PENDING CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 21/51225), ASSOCIATED STORAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561179

• 13 Dec 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351911

• 22 Dec 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF STOREY AND HALF DWELLING HOUSE, SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152594

• 22 Jun 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF A STOREY AND HALF DWELLING HOUSE, SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151225

• 24 Mar 2020Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050398

• 15 Jun 2018Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850946

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 Lurgan.

Recorded monuments

• DG103-022 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  This monument is in drumlin country c. 6km N of Ballyshannon. It stands on a slight knoll in pasture c. 3km inland from Donegal Bay. The outlook from the site is restricted by low hills, but the sea is visible to the W. The remains consist of the inner end of a court, to the E, leading to a chamber now open at the back. The surviving structure stands near the centre of a grass-grown mound of roughly round outline measuring 15m N-S by 16m E-W. The mound is flat on top and rises c. 1m above the surface of the knoll. A courtstone adjoins each entrance jamb of the chamber. The northern courtstone is 0.45m high, and the southern one is 0.6m high. The entrance jambs, each 1m high, stand 0.8m apart. Inside these is a prostrate slab, apparently a displaced lintel. This measures 1.8m by 1m by 0.6m thick. The chamber is c. 3.5m long. The front half is 2m wide, and it narrows to 1.7m at its open end. Two sidestones survive at the N, and three at the S. The outer sidestone at the N is 0.85m high. The inner stone is 1.25m high. On the S side the stone adjoining the southern jamb is 0.75m high; the second is only 0.1m high; and the third sidestone here is 0.25m high. The slight narrowing of the chamber at its western end may indicate a point of segmentation along a largely destroyed gallery. Mahr 1937, 426, no. 21 (Rossnowlagh may refer); H. Morris 1947, 41, no. BIO probably refers; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 24, no. 34 (plan); SMR 1987, 103:22; Ó Nualláin 1989, 117; RMP 1995, 103:22. 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) Attached images: DG103-022----_01.pdf details from Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. DG103-022----_01.JPG court tomb viewed from N

• DG103-029 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Killanin and Duignan (1962; 1967) refer to a 'chambered cairn' in this townland. The feature is a grass-grown mound or cairn c. 15m in diameter and up to 1m high. An OS trigonometrical pillar has been built on it. The nature of any structure that the mound may cover is not known. The mound stands toward the NE edge of an embanked enclosure [DG103-072001-] c. 35m in diameter, and both are within a great D-shaped enclosure [DG103-072----] measuring c. 340m N-S by c. 200m E-W. This great enclosure is delimited at the E by a steep natural escarpment and elsewhere by the collapsed remains of a stone wall that curves around the top of the hill. It appears to be a hillfort, although it has been suggested (G.P. and O.D. 1942) that it is a Neolithic enclosure. (Patterson and Davies 1942, 137; Deery 1948, 101 ('Lurgan Cairn'); Davies and Evans 1961-2, 4; Killanin and Duignan 1962, 78; Killanin and Duignan 1967, 89; Lacy 1983, 148-9, no. 886). The above description is derived from the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Updated by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 3 November 2014

• DG103-030 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  This monument, 900m SE of the other court tomb (Dg. 85) in the same townland, is not marked on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. It stands in pasture on a W-facing hillslope. The sea is visible to the W beyond low drumlin-like hills, but the rising ground restricts the outlook to the E. The monument consists of a long unroofed gallery with a narrow endchamber separated from the remainder by a pair of small jambs. The front of the gallery, at the SSE, is incorporated in a field fence. There are slight but ill-defined traces of a mound in the hummocky pasture around the structure. A noticeable dip in the ground, c. 11m beyond the back of the gallery, may represent the end of a long cairn. The gallery is almost 9m long and, except for the rear chamber, is not now divided. The undivided portion is 2.3-2.5m wide, and the short rear chamber, which is 2m long, narrows from 1.8m wide at its outer end to 1.5m at the back. The entry to the gallery is between two well-matched, transversely set jambs, 0.5m apart, which support a lintel measuring 1.7m by 0.8m by 0.4m thick. The jambs are partly concealed by the crossing fence. Both are 0.8m high. Immediately inside each jamb is a small set stone. That at the E is possibly split from the jamb. It is 0.55m long, 0.3m thick and 0.2m lower than the jamb. The stone at the W measures 0.15m by at least 0.3m and is the same height as the jamb in front of it. Four orthostats form each side of the undivided portion of the gallery. The heights of those at the E from S to N are 0.6m, 0.5m, 0.7m and 0.35m. The heights of the stones on the W side from S to N are 0.8m, 0.8m, 0.7m and 0.65m. The jambs at the entrance to the rear chamber are transversely set and stand 1.1m apart. Both rise just above the present floor of the gallery and are c. 0.3m lower than the adjacent sidestones. A single stone forms each side of the rear chamber, and it is closed by a low backstone. The sidestone at the E, set inside the line of the rest of this side of the gallery, is 0.3m high. The one at the W, skewed slightly so as to narrow the back of the chamber, is also 0.3m high. The backstone is 0.2m high. Approximately 2.8m NW of the back of the gallery is a set stone, 0.8m by 0.55m by 0.45m high, of uncertain status. It is not hatched on the plan. The original number of chambers in the gallery cannot be determined, but it seems likely that there were at least two chambers between the entrance jambs and the small rear chamber. Deery 1948, 101-2 ('On the western slope of this Lurgan hill is a megalith...'); Anon. 1951, 345; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 26, no. 35 (plan); SMR 1987, 103:30; Ó Nualláin 1989, 117; RMP 1995, 103:30. 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)

• DG103-031 Hut site
  Description

  The 'Hut Site' recorded here (O. Davies) cannot now be traced. It was '16 ft. across' and the 'outer face of the oval was not visible'. The centre was slightly hollow! It was situated in good pasture on the S of Lurgan ridge. 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

• DG103-032 Cairn - unclassified
  Description

  Internal diam. c. 8m. A small circular area enclosed by an overgrown stone wall surviving up to .7m in height and up to 2.5m in width. Two gaps .5m, in width, occur in the wall one to the N and another to the W. A low ridge of stones and clay runs through the W half of the enclosure. The interior is fairly level but there is a pit 2m × 0.9m and 5m in depth filled with small stones at the centre. Davies recorded a fosse 13ft wide but this is no longer apparent. Situated on Lurgan Ridge in good pasture. There are drops to the S and E. The small size of the monument presents difficulties as to its interpretation. Davies records it as a 'Flattened Cairn'. (NMI). 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

• DG103-039001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal Diam. 32m. A very low earthen bank encloses a subcircular area sited on a natural rock ridge. Near the centre is a circular raised area 10.5m in diameter. A causeway leads S from the raised area to where there is a gap in the bank. The site is located on rough pasture 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

• DG103-072 Hillfort
  Description

  This large ridge-top enclosure appears to be a hillfort, although it has been suggested (Patterson and Davies 1942) that it is a Neolithic enclosure. It encloses the summit of a N-S limestone ridge, with panoramic views encompassing the immediate undulating landscape, as well as distant landmarks of several counties: Donegal Bay, Slieve League and the Blue Stack mountains at NW–NE; the mountains of Leitrim and Sligo, the Mullaghmore Peninsula and Inish Murray at SE–SW; and Nephin Mountain in Mayo at WSW. It consists of a roughly oval or D-shaped area (335m N–S; 190m E–W) defined on its W half at SSE–N by a substantial stone bank/wall which follow a contour of the ridge in a broad, smooth curve. On the E side, from NE-SE, it is naturally delimited by a steep limestone escarpment. The enclosing stone bank (Wth c. 10-12m; int. H 0.5-1.1m; ext. H 1.4-1.7m) consists of a substantial mound of medium and large limestone rubble, now broadly slumped and largely grass-covered. Within the enclosed area, a plateau (Wth c. 75m E-W) forms a relatively level central spine from which ground falls steeply outwards towards the enclosing wall. Within the confines of the hillfort there are several monuments: A cairn (DG103-029----), which is incorporated into the E half of a circular enclosure (DG103-072001-), crowns the highest point of the plateau in the N half of the hillfort. Another circular enclosure (DG103-092----) is located c. 13.5m to SE and is conjoined on its E side with a possible house (DG103-093----). Traces of levelled field boundaries, of uncertain date, are evident in the N half of the interior, and several shallow, subcircular or semi-circular hollows (max. dim 5-10m), of unknown date and function, are scarped into the NW and W-facing slope. A number of modern field walls subdivide the W and S half of the interior. There are also several monuments in the immediate vicinity: Abutting the exterior face of the enclosing wall at the S, is another circular enclosure (DG103-094----), and a possible hut site (DG103-095----) lies c. 35m S of that. A possible cairn (DG103-032----) is located at a lower point on the same ridge c. 120m S of the hillfort. There is a court tomb (DG103-030----) 150m downslope from the hillfort on the W side of the ridge, and an enclosure (DG103-091----) c. 100m to NW of the hillfort, on a terrace on the N slope of the ridge. DG103-072----_01.jpg. Aerial view of possible hillfort (Bing). Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of revised upload: 13 November 2015

• DG103-072001 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Within a possible hillfort (DG103-072----) is a sub-circular area (internal diam. c. 35m) enclosed by a collapsed stone wall surviving only 0.1m in height. In places the wall appears to have been removed but can be traced in the line of the rock outcrop which it originally followed along the ENE side. There are several clearings in the wall collapse which may be of recent date. At the NE end are the remains of a cairn (DG103-029----). (Lacy 1983, 148-9, no. 886; Cody 2002, 209, no. 78) Updated by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 3 November 2014

• DG103-085 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on top of a knoll in undulating, hilly limestone terrain, with views to W over Donegal Bay, and overlooked to S by Lurgan Hill. Subcircular area (32m E–W; 26.5m N–S) defined by a scarp, which encompasses the flat top of the knoll. At SSE–W the enclosing scarp (H 0.5-0.8m) coincides with the steep natural slope of the knoll. At NW–NNE it is topped in parts with a slight stony rim, probably the remnants of a wall. At NE–ESE it is difficult to trace, and is partly obscured at NE by the wall footings (H 0.2-0.3m) of a rectangular two-roomed house (overall L c. 18-19m E–W; Wth 5-6m), and at E–SE by a later field fence/property boundary, engulfed in brambles, which skirts the enclosure. The date of the enclosure is uncertain: In size, shape, siting, and when seen in aerial views, it could be interpreted as a ringfort. It is also possible, however, that it is late in date, contemporary with the rectangular house which appears to be vernacular in style but is not shown on the 1836 and 1907 OS 6-inch maps. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 7 July 2015

• DG103-091 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, encompassing a shallow, natural depression on a terrace on the N-facing slope of a N–S limestone ridge. The N edge of the terrace, c. 10m N of the enclosure, is defined by a steep, almost vertical limestone escarpment. To SE ground rises steeply to the summit of the ridge which is enclosed by a hillfort (DG103-072----) and crowned by a cairn (DG103-029----). Broadly oval area (27m E–W; 22.5m N–S) defined by a ruined stone wall. The wall is evident as a low, gapped, moss-covered rise (Wth 1-1.5m) from which occasional large and medium-sized stones protrude. At SE–W it has a pronounced internal scarp (H 0.7-1.2m) but is almost flush with exterior ground level. At NE–SE it is incorporated into a later N–S field wall. The interior appears slightly sunken, and slopes down gently from S to N. A gapped line of sod-covered stones appears to define a roughly trapezoidal area (c. 3m E–W; 2m N-S at W end) abutting the inner face of enclosing wall at N, possibly the remnants of a structure such as an animal pen or hut. On the N side of the enclosure, there is a gap (Wth 1.4m) in the enclosing wall. This faces a narrow gully on the N edge of the terrace, which provides a natural route way down the steep escarpment to the base of the ridge. Attached image: DG103-091----_01.JPG viewed from W Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 17 November 2015

• DG103-092 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located roughly in the centre of a hillfort (DG103-072----) on the top of a N–S limestone ridge. This enclosure consists of a flat, circular area (22m N–S; 22m E–W) defined on the perimeter by a slight, grass-covered rise, marked by mossy tussocks and occasional stones. There is a break (Wth c. 6m) at N–NNE. The enclosure is barely discernible at ground level. It is located on a plateau which forms a spine of relatively level ground extending N–S through the centre of the hillfort. The enclosure is conjoined on its E side to a possible circular house (DG103-093----). There is a larger circular enclosure (DG103-072----) 13.5m to N, within which there is a cairn (DG103-029----) marking the highest point of the ridge. Attached image: DG103-092----_01.JPG Yellow arrows indicate outline of the enclosure, with the possible house (DG103-093----) indicated by a red arrow, viewed from NW. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 18 November 2015

• DG103-093 House - indeterminate date
  Description

  In pasture, located roughly in the centre of a hillfort (DG103-072----) on the top of a N–S limestone ridge. This possible house or small enclosure consists of a flat, circular area (10m N–S; 9.5m E–W) defined by a stone bank (Wth 1.5m). The stone bank is evident as a low, sod-covered rise from which occasional stones protrude. It is most clearly defined at N–NE where a slight drop in exterior ground level makes the external face of the stone bank (ext. H 0.65m) more pronounced. It is located on a plateau which forms a spine of relatively level ground extending N–S through the hillfort. The possible house is conjoined on its W side to a circular enclosure (DG103-092----). There is a larger circular enclosure (DG103-072----) 20m to N, within which there is a cairn (DG103-029----) marking the highest point of the ridge. Attached image: DG103-093----_01.JPG viewed from N Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 18 November 2015

• DG103-094 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on a N–S limestone ridge, abutting the S side of a hillfort (DG103-072----). This enclosure is barely discernible at ground level. It consists of a roughly circular area (diam. 20m) defined on the perimeter at NNE–NNW by a very low, moss-covered stone bank (Wth 1.5-2m), and bordered at N by the stone bank of the hillfort (DG103-072----). The enclosing stone bank is most clearly defined at NNE–E but it more difficult to trace S–W. The interior is flat and grass-covered but feels stony underfoot and appears to incorporate expanses of natural limestone bedrock: the enclosure is located on a broad seam of limestone bedrock that continues to N and S beyond the enclosure. The slumped external slope of the enclosing stone bank of the hillfort appears to overlie the junction of the two monuments, and the exact relationship between the two is unclear. There is a possible hut site (DG103-095----) c. 25m to S. Attached images: DG103-094----_01 viewed from NNE DG103-094----_02 Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 18 November 2015

• DG103-095 Hut site
  Description

  In pasture, located on a spine of rocky ground on top of a N–S limestone ridge. The precipitous E-facing slope of the ridge lies 20m to E. This small circular feature is barely discernible at ground level, and its date and function are uncertain. It consists of a roughly circular area (6m N–S; 5m E–W) defined on the perimeter at NNE–NNW by a very low, moss-covered rise (Wth 0.6-1m; H 0.2m) which appears to be the remnants of a stone bank or wall. The interior is flat and grass-covered but feels stony underfoot and appears to incorporate expanses of natural limestone bedrock: it is located on a broad seam of limestone bedrock that continues to N and S beyond the hut site. There is a possible enclosure (DG103-094----) 30m to N and a hillfort (DG103-072----) 50m to N, and a possible cairn (DG103-032----) 60m to S. Attached image: DG103-095----_01.JPG Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 18 November 2015

Architectural heritage

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

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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Lurgan.

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

Name

Lurgan

Area

1,959,671 m² (195.97 ha, 484.25 acres)

Civil parish

Drumhome, and its townlands

Barony

Tirhugh

Electoral division

Ballintra, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballintra electoral division: 755 people in 290 households; 81% of households own their home; 25% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 41% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Alla, Ardpattan, Cashel, Cavangarden, Glasbolie, Killinangel Beg, Killinangel More, Laheen, Rosscat

Placenames

Lurgan 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.