Meenagowan

131 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meenagowan, from 11 m² to 98,266 m² (9.83 ha, 24.28 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 12 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 Meenagowan 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.

• 10 Feb 2026Conditional

  (1) ERECTION OF 10 NO. CABINS FOR USE AS SHORT TERM LETTING ACCOMMODATION, (2) ERECTION OF A COMMUNAL FACILITY BUILDING TO FACILITATE THE OCCUPANTS OF THE CABINS, (3) CONNECTION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT TO THE EXISTING WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND (4) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS, ADJACENT TO THE PUBLIC HOUSE KNOWN AS MCCAFFERTY’S BAR

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660161

• 1 Jul 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A SUNROOM EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE AND A DETACHED DOUBLE GARAGE/STORE WITH GYM/GAMES ROOM AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING FOUL DRAINAGE SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561106

• 2 May 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A BEDROOM AND BATHROOM EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2560698

• 2 Dec 2024Conditional

  REVISIONS TO STORAGE SHED PREVIOUSLY GRANTED (PLANNING REF. NO. 23/51796 REFERS) AT THE REAR OF PROPERTY WITH PROPOSED NEW ACCESS ROAD TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461968

• 17 Jul 2024Conditional

  (A) SIDE EXTENSIONS TO THE BAR AND KITCHEN AREAS, (B) A LEAN-TO SHED AND SMALL DETACHED TIMBER STORAGE SHED, (C) CHANGES TO THE DESIGN OF THE FRONT AND SIDE ELEVATIONS INCLUDING ADDITIONAL FENESTRATION, A BAY WINDOW FEATURE AND SIGNAGE (ILLUMINATED AND NON-ILLUMINATED) TO THAT GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 23/51576, (D) CONSTRUCTION OF A REAR EXTENSION FOR USE AS A COLD ROOM (E) CONSTRUCTION OF A FUNCTION ROOM TO THE REAR OF THE BUILDING WITH TOILET FACILITIES, KEG ROOM AND GENERAL STORAGE BELOW AT LOWER GROUND FLOOR LEVEL, (F) VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE INTERNAL LAYOUT OF THE BUILDING TO THAT GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION REF. NO. 23/51576 (G) EXTERNAL LANDSCAPING WORKS INCLUDING THE ERECTION OF A FAUX PETROL PUMP AND PHONE BOX AND PERMISSION FOR (A) DECOMMISSIONING OF A TEMPORARY SEPTIC TANK, (B) THE INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND (C) ADDITIONAL CAR PARKING TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF THE BUILDING INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2461091

• 3 Apr 2024Conditional

  (1) DEVELOPMENT OF THE ROOF ATTIC SPACE INTO ADDITIONAL BEDROOMS, (2) INSTALLATION OF ROOF-LIGHT WINDOWS TO THE FRONT AND REAR ELEVATIONS, (3) ALTERATIONS TO THE FIRST FLOOR GABLE WINDOW, (4) RAISED TIMBER DECK AREA AT GROUND FLOOR LEVEL TO THE BACK ELEVATION OF THE DWELLING HOUSE, (5) DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460436

• 6 Mar 2024Conditional

  ELEVATIONAL AMENDMENTS TO DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460286

• 23 Nov 2023Conditional

  ERECTION OF A NEW STORAGE SHED AT THE REAR OF EXISTING PROPERTY WITH PROPOSED NEW ACCESS ROAD TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351796

• 18 Oct 2023Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FRONT ELEVATION PORCH, (2) THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TIMBER PERGOLA STRUCTURE TO THE FRONT ELEVATION, (3) THE DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENDED TOILET BLOCK TO ONE SIDE ELEVATION, (4) THE DEMOLITION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENDED KEG STORE TO THE REAR ELEVATION, AND (5) ALTERATIONS TO SOME EXTERNAL WINDOW AND DOOR OPENINGS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351576

• 8 Mar 2023Conditional

  (A) ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE OF DWELLING AND (B) CONVERSION OF THE EXISTING ATTIC SPACE ABOVE DWELLING TO HABITABLE ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF ROOF WINDOWS AND ALTERATIONS TO FIRST FLOOR GABLE END WINDOWS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350281

• 26 Apr 2022Conditional

  DOMESTIC GARAGE ADJACENT TO DWELLING

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2250727

• 22 Dec 2020Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2052006

• 28 Sept 2018Conditional

  RETENTION OF GABLE END WINDOWS AND FOR THE CONVERSION OF THE ATTIC SPACE TO LIVING ACCOMMODATION INCLUDING THE INSTALLATION OF DORMER WINDOWS TO THE REAR ELEVATIONS AND VELUX WINDOWS TO THE FRONT AND REAR ELEVATIONS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851495

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: West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC 000197
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: West Of Ardara/Maas Road 000197

Recorded monuments

• DG065-010001 Church
  Description

  A modern graveyard wall (DG065-010003-) encloses a subcircular space c. 30m to 35m in diameter. This seems to follow the line of an older enclosure (DG065-010002-), although there is no further evidence of this now. The circular line is broken on the N side by the extension of the graveyard and the building of a modern church. At the centre of the subcircular graveyard are the ruins of Lettermacaward Old Church. Described in 1622 as a small chapel (Royal Commission, 212) it had fallen into ruins by the middle of the 17th century (Simington 1937, 82), and was not repaired, The new church was built beside it c. 1788 (Leslie 1940, 105). The remains of the small church, 5.6m x 9.15m internally, are built of split stone, rubble and mortar. The E gable survives to a height of 2.4m and has a wide central window with splayed ingoings; the jambs and head have fallen away. There is a similar, partially blocked-up smaller window at the E end of the S wall, the round-headed rear-arch survives. The flat-headed doorway to the W is missing its wooden lintel; it has splayed ingoings. The windows and door retain indications of timber frames. The W gable, 2.6m high, is featureless as is the N wall which survives to a height of 1.4m. The round-headed rear-arch, the wide opening of the E window, 1.15m and the evidence for wooden frames would suggest a late date for this church, possibly late medieval or early 17th century. 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

• DG065-010002 Ecclesiastical enclosure
  Description

  A modern graveyard wall (DG065-010003-) encloses a subcircular space c. 30m to 35m in diameter. This seems to follow the line of an older enclosure (DG065-010002-), although there is no further evidence of this now. The circular line is broken on the N side by the extension of the graveyard and the building of a modern church. At the centre of the subcircular graveyard are the ruins of Lettermacaward Old Church. Described in 1622 as a small chapel (Royal Commission, 212) it had fallen into ruins by the middle of the 17th century (Simington 1937, 82), and was not repaired, The new church was built beside it c. 1788 (Leslie 1940, 105). The remains of the small church, 5.6m x 9.15m internally, are built of split stone, rubble and mortar. The E gable survives to a height of 2.4m and has a wide central window with splayed ingoings; the jambs and head have fallen away. There is a similar, partially blocked-up smaller window at the E end of the S wall, the round-headed rear-arch survives. The flat-headed doorway to the W is missing its wooden lintel; it has splayed ingoings. The windows and door retain indications of timber frames. The W gable, 2.6m high, is featureless as is the N wall which survives to a height of 1.4m. The round-headed rear-arch, the wide opening of the E window, 1.15m and the evidence for wooden frames would suggest a late date for this church, possibly late medieval or early 17th century. 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

• DG065-010003 Graveyard
  Description

  A modern graveyard wall (DG065-010003-) encloses a subcircular space c. 30m to 35m in diameter. This seems to follow the line of an older enclosure (DG065-010002-), although there is no further evidence of this now. The circular line is broken on the N side by the extension of the graveyard and the building of a modern church. At the centre of the subcircular graveyard are the ruins of Lettermacaward Old Church. Described in 1622 as a small chapel (Royal Commission, 212) it had fallen into ruins by the middle of the 17th century (Simington 1937, 82), and was not repaired, The new church was built beside it c. 1788 (Leslie 1940, 105). The remains of the small church, 5.6m x 9.15m internally, are built of split stone, rubble and mortar. The E gable survives to a height of 2.4m and has a wide central window with splayed ingoings; the jambs and head have fallen away. There is a similar, partially blocked-up smaller window at the E end of the S wall, the round-headed rear-arch survives. The flat-headed doorway to the W is missing its wooden lintel; it has splayed ingoings. The windows and door retain indications of timber frames. The W gable, 2.6m high, is featureless as is the N wall which survives to a height of 1.4m. The round-headed rear-arch, the wide opening of the E window, 1.15m and the evidence for wooden frames would suggest a late date for this church, possibly late medieval or early 17th century. 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

• Lettermacaward Church, church/chapel, 1785–1790 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding Church of Ireland church, built 1788, having three-bay nave, porch to west and vestry with basement to north. Pitched slate roof with ashlar copings, carved sandstone bell-cote with bell to west gable, cast-iron rainwater goods and stone finial to vestry. Roughcast-rendered walls with projecting plinth course, and with string course to west gable; plaque to gable of vestry. Pointed-arch window openings to nave, double-light to long walls and vestry and triple-light to east gable, with stone sills, Y-traceried timber frames and stained glass. Pointed-arch doorway to porch with ashlar stone surround and replacement timber battened double-leaf door. Pointed-arch timber battened door to vestry, approached by stone steps. Building stands within graveyard enclosed by rubble stone wall, partly having decorative cast-iron railings, having entrance with square-plan piers and wrought-iron gate. Remains of older church to south.

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 Meenagowan.

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.

• Meenagowan, Lettermacaward11 sales

Name

Meenagowan · Mín an Ghabhann

Area

800,761 m² (80.08 ha, 197.87 acres)

Civil parish

Lettermacaward, and its townlands

Barony

Boylagh

Electoral division

Lettermacaward, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Lettermacaward electoral division: 727 people in 301 households; 83% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 17% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 27% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Cullion, Farragans, Longfield, Madavagh, Toome

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Meenagowan 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.