Meenagory

222 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meenagory, from 35 m² to 198,153 m² (19.82 ha, 48.96 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 42 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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

No zone of a development plan covers Meenagory 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.

• 18 Sept 2026N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661738

• 16 Sept 2026N/a

  (1) SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO SIDE OF DWELLING AND (2) DETACHED PREFAB UNIT TO THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2661718

• 30 Jul 2026Conditional

  EXTENSION TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DWELLING UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 014703 ALONG WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2661430

• 20 Jun 2026Conditional

  INSTALLATION OF A NEW ON-SITE EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT TO SERVE EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661139

• 12 Apr 2026Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BUILDING MATERIALS AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660613

• 2 Apr 2026Conditional

  (1) RETENTION OF SINGLE STOREY DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH HOME GYM AND (2) CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 23/51530

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660549

• 31 Mar 2026Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660527

• 27 Feb 2026Conditional

  AMENDMENT OF CONDITION NO. 7 OF PLANNING PERMISSION GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 25/62213 TO ALLOW FOR OPENING HOURS FROM 9AM-2PM

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660299

• 25 Feb 2026N/a

  AMENDMENT OF CONDITION NO. 7 OF GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 25/62213 TO ALLOW FOR OPENING HOURS FROM 9AM-2PM

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660278

• 25 Feb 2026N/a

  CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE TO THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 23/51530

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660280

• 11 Feb 2026Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED SINGLE STOREY DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK) AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED SINGLE STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING, ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660173

• 13 Jan 2026N/a

  CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE TO THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 23/51530

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660020

• 14 Dec 2025Conditional

  PREVIOUSLY GRANTED AND CONSTRUCTED PORTACABIN CONTAINING A CLASSROOM

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2562213

• 3 Oct 2025Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE MICA BLOCKWORK AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561727

• 11 Sept 2025Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED (AREA 73.6M²) AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT AGRICULTURAL SHED (AREA 29.7M²), ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORK

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561560

• 2 Jul 2025Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561120

• 24 Mar 2025Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BUILDING MATERIALS AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560424

• 19 Mar 2025Conditional

  FIRST FLOOR CONVERSION WITH GABLE WINDOW TO THE WESTERN ELEVATION, VELUX ROOF LIGHTS ON THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN ELEVATIONS OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560394

• 18 Mar 2025N/a

  FIRST FLOOR CONVERSION WITH GABLE WINDOW TO THE WESTERN ELEVATION, VELUX ROOF LIGHTS ON THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN ELEVATIONS OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE DEVELOPMENTS WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2560374

• 5 Mar 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL STORAGE SHED, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560315

• 25 Feb 2025N/a

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BUILDING MATERIALS AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560257

• 6 Feb 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DRY BED CATTLE SHED WITH ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560147

• 23 Jan 2025N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL STORAGE SHED, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560067

• 20 Jan 2025N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL STORAGE SHED, TOGETHER WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560042

• 26 Nov 2024Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO AN ON SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461927

The 25 most recent of 83 applications.

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 Meenagory.

Recorded monuments

• DG019-020 Standing stone
  Description

  A standing stone 1.25m high × 1.2m wide × c. 0.4m thick; N-S. Situated in boggy land on the N slopes of Gory Hill. 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

• DG019-024001 Standing stone
  Description

  A standing stone 1.48m high × 1.4m wide at base × 0.5m thick; NW-SE. There is a small cairn, probably field clearance, around its base. The 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch maps marked two stones here but the 3rd edition shows a 'Standing Stone' and a 'Standing Stone (site of)'. There is no visible trace of the second stone. Situated on 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

• DG019-024002 Standing stone
  Description

  The Archaeological Survey of Ireland (ASI) is in the process of providing information on all monuments on The Historic Environment Viewer (HEV). Currently the information for this record has not been uploaded. To access available information for research purposes please make an appointment in advance with the Archive Unit (open Fridays 10.00 am – 5.00 pm), Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, The Custom House, Dublin 1 D01W6XO or email NMarchive@housing.gov.ie.

• DG029-002 Standing stone
  Description

  There is no trace of the 'Standing Stones' marked on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map. Situated on rough, rocky mountain terrain now extensively quarried. 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

• DG029-003 Ringfort - unclassified
  Description

  Site of a destroyed 'Fort' shown as a circular single ring on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. The area is now quarried. It consists of rough mountain land with a lot of rock outcrop which suggests 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

Architectural heritage

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800. Pitched rounded thatch roof with smooth rendered chimneystacks to gables. Whitewashed roughcast rendered walls. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two horned timber sash windows with painted sills. Square-headed door opening with matchboard timber door. Set within farmyard arranged in a courtyard to front of house, comprising single-storey outbuildings with pitched corrugated-metal roofs, cast-iron rainwater goods, whitewashed roughcast rendered walls and square-headed openings with matchboard timber doors.

• House, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Attached four-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1800, with single-storey outbuildings to east gable; modern house extension to west gable. Pitched corrugated-metal roof with smooth rendered gable coping and smooth rendered chimneystack to east gable. Roughcast rendered and whitewashed walls. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two pane horned timber sliding sash windows. Central square-headed door opening with battened timber door. Set within farmyard with contemporaneous outbuildings with pitched corrugated metal roofs, roughcast rendered and whitewashed walls and square-headed openings to east gable. Set within farmyard with modern farm buildings to north and east.

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

At the centre of the townland of Meenagory, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1980 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Meenagory with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Meenagory

Area

2,988,556 m² (298.86 ha, 738.49 acres)

Civil parish

Lower Fahan, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen West

Electoral division

Mintiaghs, the unit of the census

Census 2022

890 people lived in 283 households in the Mintiaghs electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 38% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymagan Upper and Lower and Clonblosk, Gortyarrigan, Sladran, Tullyarvan, Umrycam

Placenames

Meenagory 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.