Meenagolan
Townland in the civil parish of Inishkeel, barony of Boylagh, Co. Donegal; in Irish Mín na Gualanna
- Area
- 254.7 ha
- 629 acres
- Land parcels
- 73
- registered freehold, median 17,661 m² (1.77 ha, 4.36 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
73 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meenagolan, from 29 m² to 232,772 m² (23.28 ha, 57.52 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Meenagolan 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
11 Jun 2026Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR ALTERATIONS WITH DEMOLITION OF PREVIOUSLY ERECTED EXTENSION AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661074
23 Jun 2025Conditional
(1) RAISED ROOF INCORPORATING USEABLE FIRST FLOOR SPACE AND DORMER ROOF WINDOWS, (2) SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR ELEVATION AND BAY WINDOW TO THE FRONT ELEVATION, (3) DETACHED STORAGE SHED AND FUEL STORE AND (4) SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, ALL RELATING TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2561048
4 Feb 2022Conditional
(1) REMOVAL OF EXISTING TEMPORARY PORTACABIN ACCOMMODATION FROM 2 LOCATIONS WITHIN THE SITE AT THE SOUTHWEST SIDE AND THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE SCHOOL (2) CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION IN 2 PARTS CONSISTING OF (A) A 2 STOREY EXTENSION LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL CONTAINING AN ENGINEERING ROOM AT GROUND FLOOR WITH A SINGLE STOREY STORE AND A HOME ECONOMICS ROOM AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL WITH AN ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION AND CIRCULATION, WITH THE INSTALLATION OF ROOF MOUNTED PV PANELS ON THE ROOF OF THIS PART OF THE EXTENSION (B) A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION LOCATED AT THE NORTHEASTERN SIDE OF THE SCHOOL, CONTAINING A MUSIC ROOM AND A NEW ENTRANCE TO THE SCHOOL ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED CIRCULATION (3) CONNECTION INTO EXISTING SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS (4) ALL SITEWORKS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250161
24 May 2020Conditional
DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF PLANTING CIRCA 855 TREES (CONSISTING OF EQUAL MIX OF ALDER, WILLOW, SILVER BIRCH & ROWAN) IN A 5M RIPARIAN BUFFER ZONE FROM THE RIVER'S EDGE WITH ERECTION OF 1005 M GALVANISED WIRE FENCE WHICH WILL INCLUDE 6 UNIGATES, 5 STILES AND 7 2,000 LITRE WATER STORAGE TANKS (BURIED) AS WELL AS 7 CONCRETE DRINKING TROUGHS AND 7 HYDRAULIC RAM PUMPS ON THE NORTHERN BANK OF THE CUMMIRK RIVER. A NATURA IMPACT ASSESSMENT ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050519
24 May 2020Conditional
DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF PLANTING CIRCA 620 TREES (CONSISTING OF EQUAL MIX OF ALDER, WILLOW, SILVER BIRCH & ROWAN) IN A 5M RIPARIAN BUFFER ZONE FROM THE RIVER'S EDGE WITH ERECTION OF 745 M GALVANISED WIRE FENCE WHICH WILL INCLUDE 16 UNIGATES, 8 STILES AND 8 2,000 LITRE WATER STORAGE TANKS (BURIED) AS WELL AS 8 CONCRETE DRINKING TROUGHS AND 7 HYDRAULIC RAM PUMPS ON THE NORTHERN BANK OF THE CUMMIRK RIVER. A NATURA IMPACT ASSESSMENT ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050518
24 May 2020Conditional
INSTALLATION OF SOFT ENGINEERING MEASURES CONSISTING OF BRASH & BRUSHWOOD FASCINE WHICH WILL BE SECURED WITH WOODEN STAKES DRIVEN IN TO THE RIVER BED AND LASHED TO THEM WITH CORDS/CABLES THE AREA THE ENGINEERING WILL COVER IS 0.0631 HA ON THE NORTHERN BANK OF THE CUMMIRK RIVER. A NATURA IMPACT ASSESSMENT ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050516
24 May 2020Conditional
INSTALLATION OF SOFT ENGINEERING MEASURES CONSISTING OF BRASH & BRUSHWOOD FASCINE, WOODY MATERIAL, COIR ROLLS AND ROCK ROLLS WHICH WILL BE SECURED WITH WOODEN STAKES DRIVEN IN TO THE RIVER BED AND LASHED TO THEM WITH CORDS/CABLES. THE AREA THE ENGINEERING WILL COVER IS 0.199 HA ON THE NORTHERN BANK OF THE CUMMIRK RIVER. A NATURA IMPACT ASSESSMENT ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050517
14 Feb 2020N/a
PLANTING OF CIRCA 1,450 TREES (CONSISTING OF AN EQUAL MIX OF ALDER, WILLOW, SILVER BIRCH & ROWAN) IN A 5M RIPARIAN BUFFER ZONE FROM THE RIVER'S EDGE WITH INSTALLATION OF A 1.8KM GALVANISED WIRE FENCE WHICH WILL INCLUDE 19 UNIGATES, 11 STILES AND 14 2,000 LITRE WATER STORAGE TANKS (BURIED) AS WELL AS 14 CONCRETE DRINKING TROUGHS AND 19 HYDRAULIC RAM PUMPS ON THE NORTHERN BANK OF THE CUMMIRK RIVER. A NATURA IMPACT ASSESSMENT ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050155
11 Sept 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF THE EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE TO INCLUDE A FAMILY FLAT FOR USE ANCILLARY TO THE DWELLING HOUSE, ASSOCIATED ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING ALL WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, LANDSCAPING AND A NEW ON SITE WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951374
16 Aug 2019N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF THE EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE TO INCLUDE A FAMILY FLAT FOR USE ANCILLARY TO THE DWELLING HOUSE, ASSOCIATED ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING ALL WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, LANDSCAPING AND A NEW ON SITE WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951250
25 Jul 2019N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF THE EXISTING SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE TO INCLUDE A FAMILY FLAT FOR USE ANCILLARY TO THE DWELLING HOUSE, ASSOCIATED ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING ALL WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS, LANDSCAPING AND A NEW ON SITE WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951134
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: River Finn SAC 002301
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Meenagolan.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Meenagolan.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 20 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.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Meenagolan.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Meenagolan with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Meenagolan · Mín na Gualanna
- Area
- 2,547,087 m² (254.71 ha, 629.4 acres)
- Civil parish
- Inishkeel, and its townlands
- Barony
- Boylagh
- Electoral division
- Fintown, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Fintown electoral division: 294 people in 105 households; 78% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 25% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 9% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Bellanamore, Glashagh Beg, Glashagh More, Largnalarkan, Letterbrick, Meengilcarry
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Meenagolan 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.