Meenavoy
Townland in the civil parish of Stranorlar, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal
- Area
- 217.1 ha
- 537 acres
- Land parcels
- 90
- registered freehold, median 2,444 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 11
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meenavoy, from 43 m² to 213,503 m² (21.35 ha, 52.76 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 28 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 Meenavoy 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
31 Aug 2026N/a
ALTERATIONS TO THE DESIGN OF RESIDENTIAL ANNEX PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 17/50256 AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661608
10 Feb 2026Conditional
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660164
9 Feb 2026N/a
DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660155
15 Apr 2025Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, ON-SITE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560574
29 Dec 2023Conditional
(1) SUNROOM TO SIDE OF DWELLING HOUSE, (2) EN SUITE TO REAR OF DWELLING HOUSE, AND (3) INCREASED SIZE OF LIVING ROOM AT GROUND FLOOR AND BEDROOM AT FIRST FLOOR TO FRONT OF DWELLING HOUSE
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2352030
20 Dec 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH CAR PORT, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351961
28 Apr 2022N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, THE PROVISION OF SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250755
26 Feb 2021Unconditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A SLATTED ANIMAL HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2150319
27 Oct 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051597
18 Sept 2020Unconditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051358
22 Feb 2017Conditional
CHANGE OF USE OF EXISTING DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE TO USE AS A RESIDENTIAL ANNEX TO THE REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE SIDE AND REAR OF THE GARAGE STRUCTURE TO PROVIDE A BEDROOM, BATHROOM AND STORAGE AREA. IT IS INTENDED THAT THE PROPOSED WORKS AND THE AREA WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE CHANGE OF USE SHALL BE INTERLINKED AND SHALL PROVIDE A SELF-CONTAINED ANNEX INCLUDING CONNECTION INTO EXISTING SERVICES ON SITE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750256
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
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Meenavoy.
Recorded monuments
- DG069-023 Bullaun stone
Description
A probable bullaun stone set in rock outcrop or a large boulder by the side of a laneway. It consists of an opening, .2m wide and 0.2m high in the rock. At the base of this opening is a further .2m depression. The whole suggests a covered bullaun. 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
- DG069-024 Ringfort - unclassified
Description
Internal diam. 20m-13.5m. Marked 'Fort' on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map, the site consists of a mainly natural rock platform levelled off 1m to 2m above the surrounding land. It is roughly oval in shape without any surviving enclosing element. It is situated in wet land and drops steeply on the E to a small stream. It commands a main roadway. In the lane leading to the site is a Bullaun Stone. 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
- Kiln, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
Description
Freestanding single-bay lime kiln on rectangular-plan, erected c. 1820, having two single-bay barrel-vaulted storage sheds attached to the rear elevation (north). Tapers outwards towards base. Now out of use. Constructed of roughly coursed rubble stone masonry with roughly squared quoins to the corners. Segmental-headed opening to front (south) having recessed oven aperture with splayed jambs. Former loading chamber on ovoid/circular-plan having rubble masonry construction; chamber now partially collapsed. Two attached barrel-vaulted single-bay sheds to the rear having segmental-headed arches with roughly dressed voussoirs. Earthen embankment to site, now denuded. Set into slope adjacent to small rural road. Former quarry to the south-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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map.
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
- Meenavoy, Ballybofey5 sales
The townland
- Name
- Meenavoy
- Area
- 2,171,338 m² (217.13 ha, 536.55 acres)
- Civil parish
- Stranorlar, and its townlands
- Barony
- Raphoe South
- Electoral division
- Stranorlar, the unit of the census
- Neighbouring townlands
- Callan, Cloghroe, Lettermakenny, Liskeran, Magheracorran, Teangue, Teevickmoy
- Placenames
- Meenavoy 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.