Meendoran

114 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Meendoran, from 41 m² to 957,361 m² (95.74 ha, 236.57 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 40 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 Meendoran 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.

• 27 Aug 2026Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DETACHED DWELLING (DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCKWORK) AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DETACHED 2 STOREY REPLACEMENT DWELLING ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661588

• 12 Jun 2026Conditional

  DWELLING HOUSE AND ASSOCIATED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING THE RELOCATION OF THE DWELLING AND ADDITIONAL FIRST FLOOR ACCOMMODATION COMPRISING OF 3 NO. BEDROOMS, 1 NO. BATHROOM AND ASSOCIATED STORAGE SPACES (ORIGINALLY GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER REF. NO. 95/1496)

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661083

• 5 Jan 2026Conditional

  ELEVATIONAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2660004

• 23 Dec 2025N/a

  ELEVATIONAL ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2562337

• 23 Dec 2025Conditional

  EXTENSION TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2562338

• 9 Sept 2025Conditional

  (1) ENTRANCE, (2) LOCATION OF DWELLING, (3) MIRRORED FOOTPRINT, INCREASED FOOTPRINT AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES TO DWELLING AS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 04/5718 AND (4) SHED AND PERMISSION FOR DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (PLANNING REF. NO. 04/5718 REFERS) AND ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561542

• 2 Apr 2024Conditional

  (1) CHANGE OF USE FROM A DOMESTIC SHED TO A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS PREMISES AND PERMISSION FOR (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DOMESTIC SHED TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING AND SHED, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2460430

• 18 Mar 2024Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING COTTAGE INCLUDING REVISED LAYOUT ON THE GROUND FLOOR, RAISING THE ROOF LEVEL OF EXISTING ROOF TO FACILITATE THREE BEDROOMS AND A SHOWER ROOM TO THE FIRST FLOOR, ALL CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING SEPTIC TANK, TOGETHER WITH A NEW CONNECTION TO MAINS WATER SUPPLY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460349

• 13 Nov 2023Refused

  DESIGN CHANGE AND MINOR RE-LOCATION OF GLAMPING HUT GRANTED PLANNING PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING APPLICATION REF: 21/50634 AND PERMISSION TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION OF A GLAMPING HUT AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2351718

• 16 Jun 2023N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DOMESTIC SHED TO THE SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING, TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350857

• 20 Apr 2023Conditional

  (1) ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, DETACHED GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING PUBLIC SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK SERVICING PARENTS DWELLING AND INSTALLATION OF NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350531

• 21 Jul 2022Conditional

  RELOCATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 21/50634 AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251246

• 26 May 2022N/a

  RELOCATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA GRANTED UNDER PLANNING APPLICATION REFERENCE: 21/50634 AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250911

• 9 Sept 2021Conditional

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151796

• 17 Aug 2021N/a

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

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151642

• 4 May 2021Conditional

  CONSERVATORY TO SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO THE FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2150809

• 12 Apr 2021Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF 2 NO. SHEDS AND (2) A GLAMPING SITE TO INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: (A) SERVICE BUILDING (B) 3 NO. GLAMPING HUTS (C) 2 NO. SHEPHERD'S HUTS (D) CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA (E) WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA AND (F) CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150634

• 23 Dec 2020N/a

  (1) DEMOLTION OF 2 NO. SHEDS AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A CAMPING/GLAMPING SITE WHICH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING (A) SERVICES BUILDING TO INCLUDE TOILETS AND SHOWERS, (B) 3 NO. CABINS, (C) 2 NO. SHEPHERD'S HUTS, (D) 2 NO. PARKING BAYS WITH SERVICES FOR CAMPERVANS, (E) TENT PITCH AREA, (F) CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA (G) WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM & PERCOLATION AREA AND (H) CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Outline permission · Donegal County Council, 2052048

• 4 Feb 2019Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ACCESS TAKEN FROM EXISTING ESTABLISHED ENTRANCE AND UPGRADING OF EXISTING LANEWAY AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950129

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Fad West 001161

Recorded monuments

• DG010-035001 Standing stone
  Description

  Colhoun (1949, 117) recorded a 'multiple-chambered cairn', and Killanin and Duignan (1962; 1967) a 'chamber tomb', at Meendoran. The feature is a group of three standing stones (Lacy 1983). Three standing stones, two of which form a N-S alignment while the third is 4.35m to the ENE. The S stone is 1m high × 0.65m wide; N-S. The E stone is 1.4m high × 0.7m wide; N-S. Situated on the N slopes of Meendoran Hill, on pasture land broken by rock outcrop to N. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG010-035002 Stone row
  Description

  Colhoun (1949, 117) recorded a 'multiple-chambered cairn', and Killanin and Duignan (1962; 1967) a 'chamber tomb', at Meendoran. The feature is a group of three standing stones (Lacy 1983). Three standing stones, two of which form a N-S alignment while the third is 4.35m to the ENE. The S stone is 1m high × 0.65m wide; N-S. The E stone is 1.4m high × 0.7m wide; N-S. Situated on the N slopes of Meendoran Hill, on pasture land broken by rock outcrop to N. The above description was published in the 'Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal.' Compiled by: Eamon Cody (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002). Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG010-036 Crannog
  Description

  A small island in Lough Fad 14m N-S × 13m E-W apparently consisting of an artificial mound of stones rises 1m out of the water at present. 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

• DG010-037 Rock art
  Description

  Two sets of cup-marks (a) a single faint cup-and-circle (b) a group of eight cupmarks, four of which have circles. They are situated on rock outcrop, which occurs intermittently as part of an E-W ridge. The surrounding terrain is boggy with a view over Lough Fad. 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

• DG010-044 Rock art
  Description

  Located a few metres N of the N shoreline of Lough Fad. Large earthfast rectangular shaped boulder (dims. 1.55m x 1.05m x H 0.55m) decorated with a large central cup-mark (diam. 0.07m; D 0.02m) defined by a double line incised C-shaped ring (diam. 0.26m) with three other smaller cup marks with partial rings also visible. There are at least two other possible cup marks without enclosing rings visible on the surface of the rock. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of uload / revision : 18 January 2011

• DG010-047 Rock art
  Description

  Situated on natural rock outcrop in an area of heather covered bog overlooking Lough Fad which is 130m to the N. Nearby panel of rock art (DG010-037) located 210m to the W. Surface of rock outcrop which has at least three cup and ring motifs carved onto the surface of the exposed rock. The cups vary in diameter from 0.04m- 0.07m with enclosing rings varying in overall diameter from 0.11m-0.16m. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 05 October 2010

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Meendoran.

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 Meendoran, about 1 in 20 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_2036 (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 Meendoran with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Meendoran

Area

4,243,563 m² (424.36 ha, 1,048.61 acres)

Civil parish

Clonmany, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen East

Electoral division

Straid, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,298 people lived in 452 households in the Straid electoral division. 80% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 14% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 11% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Altahalla, Ballinlough, Ballintlieve, Cloontagh

Placenames

Meendoran 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.