Mevagh
Townland in the civil parish of Mevagh, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal; in Irish Míobhaigh
- Area
- 64.6 ha
- 160 acres
- Land parcels
- 40
- registered freehold, median 6,864 m² (0.69 ha, 1.7 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
40 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mevagh, from 302 m² to 68,387 m² (6.84 ha, 16.9 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 15 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 Mevagh 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
28 Aug 2026N/a
ALTERATION AND EXTENSION TO EXISTING OUTBUILDING TO PROVIDE ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION TO EXISTING DWELLING, WITH PROPOSED CONNECTION TO EXISTING TREATMENT PLANT
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661591
10 Jun 2026N/a
ALTERATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO EXISTING OUTBUILDING TO PROVIDE ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION TO EXISTING DWELLING
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661064
10 Jun 2026N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON-SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661054
6 Mar 2024Conditional
ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2450077
15 Feb 2024N/a
ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2450050
20 Dec 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351978
20 Dec 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351971
11 Jul 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ASSOCIATED SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351014
30 Nov 2022Conditional
ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251913
11 Aug 2021N/a
ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151610
30 Jun 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF A DRY BED AGRICULTURAL SHEEP SHED AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151305
7 Apr 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150604
7 Sept 2018Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851391
24 Apr 2018N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING WITH ON SITE SEWAGE TREATMENT
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850621
12 Dec 2017Conditional
ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751868
29 Aug 2017Conditional
DWELLING AND DOMESTIC GARAGE. A DWELLING HOUSE WAS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED ON THE SUBJECT SITE UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE NO. 09/40339
Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751317
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: Mulroy Bay SAC 002159
Recorded monuments
- DG016-005 Cross
Description
A small roughly-cut simple cross .7m high and originally c. 0.35m wide at the arms (the S arm is now broken off). It is situated in a modern shrine by the roadside on a flat terrace of rough pasture falling sharply to Mulroy Bay to the E. 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
- DG016-006 Ritual site - holy well
Description
A natural well, now overgrown, is locally believed to be 'holy' and to have curative properties. 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
- DG016-007 Cairn - unclassified
Description
A modern heap of stones overlies what appears to be a cairn about 14m across, the top of which is lightly grassed over. It is partly defaced around the edge and seems to be composed of flat slabs of loose stone. The point was used as a trigonometrical station and the cairn could have been built for that purpose. The site is at the SE ·and at the highest point of a stretch of high ground. There are excellent views in all directions. 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
- DG016-010 Rock art
Description
A ridge of rock outcrop, 15m × 2m to 3m and up to 1m high above ground level. On this are inscribed a number of motifs. Some are quite distinct but others are not easily visible. Fifteen examples were noted on this occasion but as much of the rock is covered by a layer of grass it is probable that there are several others. Only cup-and-circle motifs (up to 5 concentric circles) were noted and none of the more complex designs described by Kinahan (1888, 427-37) were seen. The site is located in good pasture on a steep slope overlooking Mulroy Bay to the E. 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
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Mevagh.
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 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1686 (ZIP).
- 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 Mevagh with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Mevagh · Míobhaigh
- Area
- 645,507 m² (64.55 ha, 159.51 acres)
- Civil parish
- Mevagh, and its townlands
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Electoral division
- Rosguill, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Rosguill electoral division: 856 people in 321 households; 77% of households own their home; 31% of homes were built since 2001; 5% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 58% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Clontallagh, Kinnalargy, Magherabeg
- Gaeltacht
- In an Irish-speaking area
- Placenames
- Mevagh 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.