# Mullyvea, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Inishkeel, barony of Boylagh, Co. Donegal; in Irish Mullaigh Bheitheach. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 2,024,520 m² (202.45 ha, 500.27 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 40,112 m² (4.01 ha, 9.91 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 5 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Inishkeel, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/inishkeel.md - Barony: Boylagh - Electoral division: Dawros, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 717 people lived in 288 households in the Dawros electoral division. 82% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 4% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 51% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/14606 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 52133 - Centre: latitude 54.812879, longitude -8.48371 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Mullyvea, from 418 m² to 732,461 m² (73.25 ha, 181 acres); 20 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1392122: 732,461 m² (73.25 ha, 181 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392122.md - Parcel 3659807: 153,428 m² (15.34 ha, 37.91 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3659807.md - Parcel 1369858: 148,949 m² (14.89 ha, 36.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369858.md - Parcel 1362019: 107,276 m² (10.73 ha, 26.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1362019.md - Parcel 1384970: 104,563 m² (10.46 ha, 25.84 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1384970.md - Parcel 1393881: 95,884 m² (9.59 ha, 23.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393881.md - Parcel 1315170: 84,703 m² (8.47 ha, 20.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1315170.md - Parcel 1357796: 81,399 m² (8.14 ha, 20.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1357796.md - Parcel 1400764: 78,681 m² (7.87 ha, 19.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1400764.md - Parcel 1402608: 67,985 m² (6.8 ha, 16.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1402608.md - Parcel 1332875: 61,252 m² (6.13 ha, 15.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332875.md - Parcel 1329811: 51,819 m² (5.18 ha, 12.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329811.md - Parcel 1376547: 51,652 m² (5.17 ha, 12.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376547.md - Parcel 1357048: 46,988 m² (4.7 ha, 11.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1357048.md - Parcel 1306186: 45,756 m² (4.58 ha, 11.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1306186.md - Parcel 5549471: 34,467 m² (3.45 ha, 8.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5549471.md - Parcel 1321420: 33,186 m² (3.32 ha, 8.2 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321420.md - Parcel 1407750: 26,866 m² (2.69 ha, 6.64 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407750.md - Parcel 3659806: 3,011 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3659806.md - Parcel 1309733: 2,774 m² (0.28 ha, 0.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309733.md - Parcel 1382495: 2,440 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382495.md - Parcel 3659805: 2,311 m² (0.23 ha, 0.57 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3659805.md - Parcel 1386886: 1,410 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1386886.md - Parcel 5384034: 1,345 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5384034.md - Parcel 1380541: 991 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380541.md - Parcel 1371966: 851 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1371966.md - Parcel 1375014: 839 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375014.md - Parcel 1331734: 838 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1331734.md - Parcel 5714495: 468 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5714495.md - Parcel 4362562: 418 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4362562.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Mullyvea 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. - 1 Apr 2025, Donegal County Council 2560472: Refused. Permission. (1) ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING BUILDING INCLUDING RAISING THE HEIGHT OF EAVES AND RIDGE OF EXISTING BUILDING, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF EXISTING BUILDING AND (3) INSTALLATION OF NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560472/0 - 19 Mar 2025, Donegal County Council 2560399: N/a. Permission. (1) ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING OUTHOUSE INCLUDING RAISING THE HEIGHT OF EAVES AND RIDGE OF EXISTING BUILDING, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSION TO THE REAR AND SIDE OF EXISTING OUTHOUSE AND (3) INSTALLATION OF NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560399/0 - 31 May 2023, Donegal County Council 2350781: Conditional. Retention. (1) EXTENSION CONSTRUCTED TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) BOUNDARY WALL TO THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2350781/0 - 3 Mar 2022, Donegal County Council 2250378: Conditional. Permission. REFURBISHMENT OF A PARKING BAY AND PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250378/0 - 20 Dec 2019, Donegal County Council 1951998: Conditional. Retention. REAR EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND PERMISSION FOR DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF NEW SEWERAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1951998/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) - Special Area of Conservation: West of Ardara/Maas Road SAC, site code 000197, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/000197 - Special Protection Area: Sheskinmore Lough SPA, site code 004090, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/spa/004090 - Proposed Natural Heritage Area: West Of Ardara/Maas Road, site code 000197 ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG064-017: Burial ground, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG064-017----. Described as the 'Corpse Field' on the 1st and 2nd editions of the OS 6-inch maps. This would suggest its use as a burial ground. There are no features in the field now, other than a small grassed-over mound. It is located in an area of fair pasture to the E of Kiltooris Lough. 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 - DG073-051: Hut site, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG073-051----. 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. 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) - Kiltoorish Hall, house, 1870–1920, Regional interest, registry number 40906421, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG®no=40906421. Detached three-bay two-storey house on complex irregular L-shaped plan, built c.1880 and altered c.1910, comprising two-bay gable-fronted section single-bay two-storey block to west end of front elevation (southwest) with single-bay two-storey block adjacent to east having curvilinear gable above, single-bay single-storey open porch to east end of front elevation with column to southeast corner and with parapet, single-bay single-storey flat-roofed canted bay window to southeast side elevation with moulded cornice, single-storey flat-roofed box bay window and gablet to northwest side elevation, single-bay flat-roofed box-bay oriel window to northeast elevation, two-storey return to rear (northwest), two-storey block to northeast with single-bay single-storey block attached to southeast end having half-curvilinear parapet and with single-storey block attached to rear of rear return at northeast side with open porch to southeast elevation. Possibly contains earlier fabric. Pitched natural slate roof to main body of building (L-plan structure to front) having terracotta ridge tiles, some sections of cast-iron rainwater goods, and with two smooth-rendered chimneystacks to centre of main body of building having cornice coping to chimneystack to east. Pitched natural slate roofs and rendered chimneystacks to rear return. Raised smooth-rendered coping to gable-fronted block to west and adjacent curvilinear gabled section, and to gable-fronted ends of main body of building and return. Hipped natural slate roof to two-storey block to northeast with roughcast-rendered walls over smooth-rendered plinth course with raised smooth-rendered block-and-start quoins to corners. Mainly square-headed window openings with one-over-one pane timber sliding sash windows and smooth-rendered surrounds; tripartite opening to gable-fronted block to west end of front elevation at ground floor level with block-and-start surrounds with smooth-rendered panel above with cornice, and with central segmental pediment/half roundel motif with cornice coping; paired square-headed window openings above at second floor level; window opening to front elevation of curvilinear gabled block at ground floor level with moulded entablature; round-headed window over at first floor level with block-and-start surround above to head; roundel window opening to east elevation of curvilinear gabled block at first floor level having fixed-pane window; continuous sill course to canted bay window. Square-headed doorway to east elevation of curvilinear gabled block with rendered architrave having pedestal blocks, entablature with pulvinated frieze, and timber door; open porch supported by round column to southeast corner and with moulded corbelled brackets to west and north sides adjoining main body of building; moulded cornice and rendered curvilinear parapet to porch with moulded smooth-rendered coping. Set back from road in mature grounds in rural countryside. Mature trees to site and house overlooks O'Boyle's Island/Oileán Uí Bhaoill on Kiltooris Lough. Complex of single-storey stables and outbuildings arranged around courtyard to west of house, having pitched and hipped natural slate roofs with clay ridge tiles, cast-iron rooflights, roughcast-rendered walls over smooth-rendered plinth course, square-headed openings with battened timber doors and half-doors, battened timber shutters, and fixed-pane timber windows; other single and two-storey outbuildings to site with hipped and pitched natural slate roofs. Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge to west. Gateway adjacent to gate lodge to west having pair of smooth-rendered gate piers (on square plan) with recessed rectangular roughcast rendered panels with moulded pyramidal coping surmounted by ball finials and with wrought-iron gate. Mature gardens to site with rubble stone boundary walls. ## 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 Mullyvea, about 1 in 5 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 high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Mullyvea. - 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/mullyvea.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/mullyvea.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/mullyvea.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Mullyvea 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) - Drumboghill: https://everytownland.com/donegal/drumboghill.md - Kiltooris: https://everytownland.com/donegal/kiltooris.md - Lackaweer: https://everytownland.com/donegal/lackaweer.md - Magheramore: https://everytownland.com/donegal/magheramore.md - Sandfield: https://everytownland.com/donegal/sandfield.md - Summy: https://everytownland.com/donegal/summy.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/mullyvea - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/mullyvea