Meenamanragh
Townland in the civil parish of Inishkeel, barony of Boylagh, Co. Donegal; in Irish Mín na Manrach
- Area
- 251.7 ha
- 622 acres
- Land parcels
- 14
- registered freehold, median 111,660 m² (11.17 ha, 27.59 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 2
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
14 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meenamanragh, from 3,856 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres) to 888,081 m² (88.81 ha, 219.45 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 17 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 Meenamanragh 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
7 Oct 2021Refused
A 10 YEAR PERMISSION FOR AN AMENDED WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT, WITH AN OPERATIONAL LIFE OF 30 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE FIRST COMMISSIONING, IN LIEU OF THE PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT [AN BORD PLEANÁLA REFERENCE NUMBER: PL 05B.237656] CONSISTING OF (A) ERECTION OF EIGHT WIND TURBINES WITH BOTH A NORDEX 133 AND AN ENERCON 126 MODEL ASSESSED, WITH ONLY ONE TYPE OF THE IDENTIFIED TURBINE MODELS TO BE ERECTED IN THE TOWNLANDS OF GRAFFY, MEENAMANRAGH, AND DALRAGHAN MORE, GLENTIES; (B) ASSOCIATED ACCESS TRACKS & HARDSTANDS, UNDERGROUND CABLE CONNECTIONS AND PEAT RECOVERY AREAS IN THE TOWNLANDS OF GRAFFY, MEENAMANRAGH, DALRAGHAN MORE, GLENTIES; (C) A METEOROLOGICAL MAST 80M HIGH IN THE TOWNLAND OF GRAFFY, GLENTIES; (D) A SUBSTATION AND A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND IN THE TOWNLAND OF MEENAGRUBBY, GLENTIES; (E) AN UNDERGROUND GRID CONNECTION, CIRCA 7.5KMS LONG, FROM THE PROPOSED SUBSTATION AT MEENAGRUBBY TO THE TIEVEBRACK ELECTRICITY STATION AT DRUMNALOUGH THROUGH THE TOWNLANDS OF MEENAGRUBBY, MEENAMANRAGH, GRAFFY, BANGANBOY, STRACASHEL, MEENAMALRAGH, DRUMCONCOOSE AND DRUMNALOUGH, GLENTIES; (F) ROAD STRENGTHENING, VERGE WIDENING AND CULVERT EXTENSIONS ALONG THE DELIVERY ROAD THROUGH THE TOWNLANDS OF LUGAVEEN, TIEVERAGH, DALRAGHAN MORE, MEENAMANRAGH AND GRAFFY AND A NEW ROAD SECTION AT LUGAVEEN TO FACILITATE DELIVERIES OF TURBINES. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151990
16 Jun 2021N/a
10 YEAR PERMISSION FOR AN AMENDED WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT, WITH AN OPERATIONAL LIFE OF 30 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THE FIRST COMMISSIONING, IN LIEU OF THE PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED WIND FARM DEVELOPMENT [AN BORD PLEANÁLA REFERENCE NUMBER: PL O5B. 237656] CONSISTING OF (A) 8 NO. TURBINES WITH A MAXIMUM HUB HEIGHT OF 84M, A MAXIMUM BLADE DIAMETER OF 132M AND A MAXIMUM BLADE TIP HEIGHT OF 150M, ASSOCIATED ACCESS TRACKS AND HARDSTANDS, UNDERGROUND CABLE CONNECTIONS AND PEAT RECOVERY AREAS IN THE TOWNLANDS OF GRAFFY, MEENAMANRAGH, AND DALRAGHAN MORE, GLENTIES, (B) A METEOROLOGICAL MAST 80M HIGH IN THE TOWNLAND OF GRAFFY, GLENTIES, (C) A SUBSTATION AND A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION COMPOUND IN THE TOWNLOAD OF MEENAGRUBBY BY GLENTIES, COUNTY DONEGAL. (D) AN UNDERGROUND GRID CONNECTION, CIRCA 7.5KMS LONG, FROM THE PROPOSED SUBSTATION AT MEENAGRUBBY TO THE TIEVBRACK ELECTRICITY STATION AT DRUMNALOUGH THROUGH THE TOWNLOADS OF MEENAGRUBBY, MEENAMANRAGH, GRAFFY, BANGANBOY, STRACASHEL, MEENAMALRAGH, DRUMCONCOOSE AND DRUMNALOUGH, GLENTIES, (E) ROAD STRENGTHENING, VERGE WIDENING AND CULVERT EXTENSIONS ALONG DELIVERY ROAD THROUGH THE TOWNLOADS OF LUGAVEEN, TIEVERAGH, DALRAGHAN MORE, MEENAMANRAGH AND GRAFFY AND A NEW ROAD SECTION AT LUGAVEEN, TO FACILITATE DELIVERIES OF TURBINES. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT REPORT (EIAR) AND NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151202
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 Meenamanragh.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Meenamanragh.
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).
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Meenamanragh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Meenamanragh · Mín na Manrach
- Area
- 2,517,166 m² (251.72 ha, 622.01 acres)
- Civil parish
- Inishkeel, and its townlands
- Barony
- Boylagh
- Electoral division
- Graffy, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Banganboy, Crocam, Dalraghan More, Graffy, Meenagrubby, Shallogan More
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Meenamanragh on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland
Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, 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.