Murroe

151 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Murroe, from 10 m² to 792,599 m² (79.26 ha, 195.86 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 33 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

No zone of a development plan covers Murroe 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.

• 8 May 2026Unconditional

  CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED (PLANNING REF. NO. 20/52045 REFERS) WITH ALTERATIONS TO ALSO INCLUDE REVISIONS TO DESIGN OF DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, ENTRANCE GATES AND PIERS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2650071

• 7 May 2026Unconditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA, ENTRANCE GATES AND PIERS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2650069

• 18 Jan 2026Conditional

  (1) CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND GARAGE ACCESSED USING EXISTING ENTRANCE OFF LOCAL RD. L-3263-3, (2) PROVISION OF A NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM/PERCOLATION AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPOSED HOUSE AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS RELATING TO THE ITEMS ABOVE INCLUDING DEFINED BOUNDARY TREATMENT

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660044

• 16 Jan 2026Unconditional

  (1) RETENTION OF SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND (2) ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK, DOMESTIC SHED AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2650005

• 4 Jun 2025Conditional

  CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED (PLANNING REF. NO. 20/52045 REFERS) WITH ALTERATIONS TO ALSO INCLUDE REVISIONS TO DESIGN OF DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, ENTRANCE GATES AND PIERS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560928

• 25 Apr 2025N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE & GARAGE ACCESSED USING EXISTING ENTRANCE OFF LOCAL RD. L-3263-3, PROVISION OF A NEW EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM/PERCOLATION AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE PROPOSED HOUSE & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS INCLUDING DEFINED BOUNDARY TREATMENT

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560645

• 4 Oct 2024Conditional

  (1) REFURBISHMENT AND EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING STONE BUILT DWELLING, (2) DECOMMISSIONING OF EXISTING SEPTIC TANK AND INSTALLATION OF NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND (3) ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS AND SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461561

• 30 Apr 2024Conditional

  INSTALLATION OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460616

• 14 Mar 2024Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE AND STORE INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2460338

• 18 Oct 2023Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF A DWELLING AND THE ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO APPROVED SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351581

• 31 Aug 2023Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. MODULAR CLASSROOM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351296

• 23 May 2023Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350719

• 4 Nov 2021Conditional

  RENOVATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING COTTAGE AS A SINGLE DWELLING WITH NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2152182

• 15 Oct 2021N/a

  RENOVATIONS AND ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO AN EXISTING COTTAGE WITH NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2152053

• 14 Jul 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION AND REFURBISHMENT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND INSTALLATION OF A NEW WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151412

• 28 Apr 2021Conditional

  SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND PLANNING PERMISSION TO ERECTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK, DOMESTIC SHED AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150771

• 23 Dec 2020Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH PERCOLATION AREA, ENTRANCE GATES AND PIERS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2052045

• 18 Aug 2020Conditional

  AMENDMENT TO THE DESIGN OF A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED DOMESTIC GARAGE GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REFERENCE 19/51240

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051130

• 24 May 2020Refused

  SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS AND PERMISSION FOR ERECTION OF A BURIAL TOMB AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2050466

• 30 Oct 2019Conditional

  (1) ALTERATION TO FRONT OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE BY REMOVING BAY WINDOW AND ERECTION OF REPLACEMENT EXTENSION AND (2) ERECTION OF DOMESTIC GARAGE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951665

• 13 Aug 2019Conditional

  (1) RETENTION OF SUNROOM AND (2) RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF PARTLY CONSTRUCTED SHED

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951240

• 19 Jun 2019Conditional

  ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950923

• 26 Jan 2018Unconditional

  CONTINUATION OF CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE AS PREVIOUSLY PERMITTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO'S 05/2023 AND 10/30127

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1850078

• 11 Oct 2017Conditional

  EXISTING ENTRANCE TO DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1751554

• 7 Apr 2017Conditional

  A TEN YEAR PLANNING PERMISSION FOR DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF EXTENSION, AREA OF EXTENSION 2.72HA, TO THE OPERATIONAL FAWNMORE QUARRY, PA REG. REF.: 15/50132, AND INCLUDES THE EXTRACTION OF SAND AND GRAVEL MATERIALS, AND ROCK QUARRYING INCLUDING ROCK BLASTING TOGETHER WITH SITE LANDSCAPING, ALL ANCILLARY FACILITIES AND ASSOCIATED WORKS AS DETAILED IN THE PARTICULARS OF THE APPLICATION. THE APPLICATION IS ACCOMPANIED BY ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTS AND A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750513

The 25 most recent of 26 applications.

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

Designated sites

• Special Area of Conservation: Horn Head and Rinclevan SAC 000147
• Special Protection Area: Horn Head to Fanad Head SPA 004194
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Horn Head And Rinclevan 000147

Recorded monuments

• DG015-021 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  Internal diam. 16m. A circular area enclosed by a ruined stone wall orig-inally c. 2.4m wide. There is a low heap of loose stones in the interior on the N side. The site is located in an exposed position close to the sea, with steep falls to the S and W. There is poor pasture in the immediate vicinity but better land at lower levels. 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

• DG015-022 Ringfort - cashel
  Description

  The NW arc of a low, ill-defined and grassed-over bank/wall survives. It measures 14m from its NE to its SW tip. Externally the edges of a few stones are visible. A ruined, old field fence crosses the site on the SE. The site is in an elevated position overlooking a valley to the W. To the E is gradually rising ground. There is rough grazing immediately about the site but good land in the valley to the W. The remains and local topography suggest this was a cashel, but it is not possible to be certain. 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

• DG025-009 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  The monument stands on a level tract of boggy pasture 1.6km E of the court tomb (Dg. 52) in Errarooey Beg townland and 1.5km S of the sandy beach to the E of Dooros Point. Muckish Mountain and the peaks to its SW form the skyline to the S. The monument, poorly preserved and obscured by bushes, is difficult to interpret. Five orthostats are present. At the W two opposed stones with flat inner and sloping outer faces stand 1.8m apart. Both are aligned E-W. The northern one is 0.7m high, and the southern one is 0.75m high. Beside the E end of the last, and angled to the NE, is a stone 1.2m in exposed height. The fourth orthostat is immediately SE of this. It is 1m in exposed height. The fifth orthostat, 0.45m in exposed height, adjoins the SE end of the last. A piece may have been broken from the top of this stone. A displaced stone, 0.7m by at least 0.8m by 0.5m, lies against the W face of this stone. There is another displaced stone, 1.8m by 1m by 0.6m, c. 0.5m S of this, which rests on a small stone (not on plan). Approximately 2.5m to the NE is another displaced stone. This measures 1.2m by 1m and is over 0.3m thick. There is a grass-grown mound, stony underfoot, around the structure, but its limits cannot readily be defined in the heavy overgrowth. Some loose stones also lie on and around the site. Intermittent stones, protruding up to 0.5m from the bog-grown surface, form a curved line c. 10m to the N and W of the monument. These appear to represent an ancient fence. According to Fagan (1845-8), this monument had been considerably ruined by the mid-19th century. Among the ruins he noted one 'grave', which was '7 feet [c. 2.15m] long and 4 feet [c. 1.2m] wide…enclosed at sides by two slabs over 51/2 feet [c. 1.7m] in length each placed edgeways along the grave and inclining inward from base to top where they nearly close over the grave the ends of which close by smaller stones'. He also claimed that many 'graves' had been destroyed here. The remains cannot be classified, but the two opposed orthostats at the site, with their flat inner and sloping outer faces, are similar to the corbel-bearing orthostats frequently present in court tombs and may represent a chamber aligned E-W. Fagan 1845-8, book 3, 16; Ó Nualláin 1983a, 46, no. 136; SMR 1987, 25:9; Ó Nualláin 1989, 142; RMP 1995, 25:9. 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 See linked document with details from Eamon Cody, Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI. County Donegal. (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2002)

• DG025-053 Enclosure
  Description

  In pasture, located on top of a ridge, at the break of slope at the N end of the ridge where ground falls away steeply. The location provides sweeping views to NE−WSW of hilly, undulating pastureland, backed at SE−S by a rocky ridge, and to NW of an expanse of dunes with the Atlantic beyond. There is a stream at the base of the ridge c. 280m to SW. This enclosure consists of a circular area (19.5m E−W; 19.5m N−S) defined by a low profile, sod-covered bank (Wth 3.5-5m; int. H 0.4-0.5m; ext. H 0.3m at S, 0.6m at W) with broadly sloping sides. At NE−E a short section of an inner kerb of stones, two of which are edge-set, remains in situ. Low stones protruding from the sod along the outer edge of the bank here may be part of an external stone facing. The remnants of stone facing suggest that the original enclosing bank or wall may have had a width of c. 2m. At SW−N the inner face of the bank has been modified to a low, linear vertical scarp (H 0.45-0.5m) as a result of incorporation into a later field fence/wall, now partly removed. The external face of the bank is not clearly defined here but merges with the steep natural fall of the ridge slope. At N−NE the bank is overlain or truncated by a later field wall. There is a break or very low section (Wth 3m) of bank at W, and another at S but it is unclear if either represents an original entrance. Natural undulations on the ridge top give the effect of a slightly sunken or dished interior. Several shallow pits (dims. 2-5m), dug to extract bedrock, are evident in the ridge slope immediately downslope of the enclosure at NW and NE. Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 28 April 2016

Architectural heritage

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

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

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility high, moderately high, moderately low, moderately low (inferred), 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 Murroe.

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.

• Murroe, Dunfanaghy7 sales

Name

Murroe · Maigh Rua

Area

5,288,182 m² (528.82 ha, 1,306.74 acres)

Civil parish

Clondahorky, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmacrenan

Electoral division

Dunfanaghy, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Dunfanaghy electoral division: 1,015 people in 376 households; 78% of households own their home; 36% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 50% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Castlebane, Corcreggan, Corgannive Glebe, Derryreel, Errarooey More, Fawnmore, Magheramenagh

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Murroe 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.