# Monfad, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Allsaints, barony of Raphoe North, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 966,139 m² (96.61 ha, 238.74 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 1,555 m² - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Allsaints, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/allsaints.md - Barony: Raphoe North - Electoral division: Newtown Cunningham, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 1,028 people lived in 372 households in the Newtown Cunningham electoral division. 66% of households owned their home. 49% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/15344 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 52072 - Centre: latitude 54.987436, longitude -7.526361 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 35 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Monfad, from 24 m² to 327,189 m² (32.72 ha, 80.85 acres); 18 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 4806712: 327,189 m² (32.72 ha, 80.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4806712.md - Parcel 1331869: 162,788 m² (16.28 ha, 40.23 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331869.md - Parcel 1384262: 127,015 m² (12.7 ha, 31.39 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384262.md - Parcel 1331083: 117,562 m² (11.76 ha, 29.05 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331083.md - Parcel 1418989: 85,513 m² (8.55 ha, 21.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418989.md - Parcel 1346825: 23,111 m² (2.31 ha, 5.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346825.md - Parcel 1393168: 9,866 m² (0.99 ha, 2.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393168.md - Parcel 1331513: 9,370 m² (0.94 ha, 2.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331513.md - Parcel 4744497: 3,613 m² (0.36 ha, 0.89 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4744497.md - Parcel 1394544: 3,190 m² (0.32 ha, 0.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1394544.md - Parcel 1361914: 2,876 m² (0.29 ha, 0.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1361914.md - Parcel 1339823: 2,510 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1339823.md - Parcel 1327889: 2,496 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327889.md - Parcel 1373005: 2,486 m² (0.25 ha, 0.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1373005.md - Parcel 1375042: 2,433 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375042.md - Parcel 1404006: 2,124 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1404006.md - Parcel 1407790: 1,941 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407790.md - Parcel 6056744: 1,555 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6056744.md - Parcel 1424128: 938 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1424128.md - Parcel 5296140: 919 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5296140.md - Parcel 1328859: 872 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1328859.md - Parcel 1391409: 866 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1391409.md - Parcel 1417133: 836 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417133.md - Parcel 1376684: 741 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376684.md - Parcel 1402728: 733 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402728.md - Parcel 1421885: 606 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421885.md - Parcel 1365565: 289 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1365565.md - Parcel 1372067: 221 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1372067.md - Parcel 1326325: 206 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326325.md - Parcel 1399051: 140 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1399051.md - Parcel 1327074: 134 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327074.md - Parcel 6056721: 132 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6056721.md - Parcel 6056727: 85 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6056727.md - Parcel 6056775: 72 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6056775.md - Parcel 6056778: 24 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/6056778.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Monfad in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 5 applications, newest first. - 16 Apr 2026, Donegal County Council 2660656: N/a. Permission. ERECTION OF A MODULAR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC SCANNING UNIT, ASSOCIATED CARPARKING, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SURFACE AND FOUL WATER DRAINAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660656/0 - 10 Sept 2024, Donegal County Council 2461397: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2461397/0 - 14 Sept 2022, Donegal County Council 2251541: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF: 22/50014. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2251541/0 - 12 Jan 2022, Donegal County Council 2250014: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE DWELLING HOUSE (2)CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE WITH CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250014/0 - 8 Jun 2021, Donegal County Council 2151121: N/a. Permission, 2 homes. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, GRANNY FLAT AND SEPTIC TANK WITH PERCOLATION AREA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2151121/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Monfad. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG054-007: Ringfort - unclassified, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG054-007----. The land here has been extensively reclaimed and there is no trace of the 'Fort' marked on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. It was situated in good land on the NW slope of Taylors Hill. This seems to be the cropmark indicated on the aerial photograph (St. Joseph, ARV 52). 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) - Bridge, 1875–1885, Regional interest, registry number 40905421, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40905421. Single-arch bridge carrying road over the former Burton Junction to Letterkenny narrow gauge railway line, built c. 1883. Railway out of use from 1953 with northern end of arch now infilled. Segmental-headed arch with brick voussoirs and with brick construction to arch barrel. Squared rubble stone construction to spandrels and to parapets with flush roughly dressed stone quoins to corners of piers below arch springing point. Rubble stone coping to parapets. Single lane tarmacadam deck with gravel to verges. Roughly squared rubble stone retaining walls aligning former railway cutting. Located to the south-west of Newtowncunningham. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Monfad, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. - Terrain model: LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1923, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1923.zip (ZIP). - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/donegal/monfad.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/monfad.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/monfad.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Monfad with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Cottage: https://everytownland.com/donegal/cottage.md - Gortree: https://everytownland.com/donegal/gortree.md - Milltown: https://everytownland.com/donegal/milltown-52050.md - Moyle: https://everytownland.com/donegal/moyle-52092.md - Moylemoss: https://everytownland.com/donegal/moylemoss.md - Newtowncunningham: https://everytownland.com/donegal/newtowncunningham.md - Plaster: https://everytownland.com/donegal/plaster.md - Tinklersford: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tinklersford.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/donegal/monfad - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/monfad