Meenbog
Townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal; in Irish An Mhín Bhog
- Area
- 1,806.5 ha
- 4,464 acres
- Land parcels
- 105
- registered freehold, median 25,020 m² (2.5 ha, 6.18 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 0
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
105 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meenbog, from 123 m² to 9,131,863 m² (913.19 ha, 2,256.53 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 44 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 Meenbog 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
No planning application touches the townland of Meenbog in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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
- Natural Heritage Area: Barnesmore Bog NHA 002375
- Natural Heritage Area: Meenagarranroe Bog NHA 002437
Recorded monuments
- DG077-028 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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Meenbog.
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; parts are water.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Meenbog.
- 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 Meenbog with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Meenbog · An Mhín Bhog
- Area
- 18,065,036 m² (1,806.5 ha, 4,463.97 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donaghmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Raphoe South
- Electoral division
- Goland, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Goland electoral division: 359 people in 123 households; 97% of households own their home; 37% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Carrickmagrath, Croaghonagh, Goland, Keadew Upper, Taughboy, Trusk
- Placenames
- Meenbog 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.