# Porthall, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning

Townland in the civil parish of Clonleigh, barony of Raphoe North, Co. Donegal; in Irish Halla an Phoirt.

- Area (Tailte Éireann): 1,922,318 m² (192.23 ha, 475.02 acres)
- Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,195 m² (0.22 ha, 0.54 acres)
- Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement
- Planning (National Planning Applications): 10 applications since 2010
- Civil parish: Clonleigh, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/clonleigh.md
- Barony: Raphoe North
- Electoral division: Clonleigh North, the unit of the census
- Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): Clonleigh North electoral division: 1,429 people in 520 households; 84% of households own their home; 29% of homes were built since 2001; 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md
- Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/16243
- Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 52219
- Centre: latitude 54.877115, longitude -7.455531 (WGS 84)

## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann)

90 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Porthall, from 32 m² to 490,345 m² (49.03 ha, 121.17 acres); 15 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first:

- Parcel 1418479: 490,345 m² (49.03 ha, 121.17 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418479.md
- Parcel 5760232: 420,101 m² (42.01 ha, 103.81 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5760232.md
- Parcel 3663732: 205,776 m² (20.58 ha, 50.85 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663732.md
- Parcel 1324078: 106,643 m² (10.66 ha, 26.35 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1324078.md
- Parcel 1418442: 93,658 m² (9.37 ha, 23.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418442.md
- Parcel 1344651: 57,779 m² (5.78 ha, 14.28 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1344651.md
- Parcel 1383801: 39,655 m² (3.97 ha, 9.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383801.md
- Parcel 1301453: 32,472 m² (3.25 ha, 8.02 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1301453.md
- Parcel 1383802: 31,571 m² (3.16 ha, 7.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383802.md
- Parcel 3663739: 30,806 m² (3.08 ha, 7.61 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663739.md
- Parcel 1418482: 28,781 m² (2.88 ha, 7.11 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418482.md
- Parcel 1330409: 27,007 m² (2.7 ha, 6.67 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330409.md
- Parcel 1418480: 26,504 m² (2.65 ha, 6.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418480.md
- Parcel 1336403: 24,811 m² (2.48 ha, 6.13 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1336403.md
- Parcel 4998707: 22,329 m² (2.23 ha, 5.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4998707.md
- Parcel 1418472: 20,786 m² (2.08 ha, 5.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1418472.md
- Parcel 1420653: 20,497 m² (2.05 ha, 5.06 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1420653.md
- Parcel 1405514: 19,305 m² (1.93 ha, 4.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1405514.md
- Parcel 1309359: 18,716 m² (1.87 ha, 4.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1309359.md
- Parcel 1385421: 18,017 m² (1.8 ha, 4.45 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1385421.md
- Parcel 1380501: 12,694 m² (1.27 ha, 3.14 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1380501.md
- Parcel 1417468: 11,647 m² (1.16 ha, 2.88 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417468.md
- Parcel 1395302: 11,275 m² (1.13 ha, 2.79 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395302.md
- Parcel 4933166: 9,357 m² (0.94 ha, 2.31 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4933166.md
- Parcel 1369225: 9,258 m² (0.93 ha, 2.29 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369225.md
- Parcel 1325443: 8,121 m² (0.81 ha, 2.01 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1325443.md
- Parcel 1353747: 7,553 m² (0.76 ha, 1.87 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1353747.md
- Parcel 1346925: 6,793 m² (0.68 ha, 1.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1346925.md
- Parcel 1426668: 4,533 m² (0.45 ha, 1.12 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426668.md
- Parcel 1376619: 4,395 m² (0.44 ha, 1.09 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376619.md
- Parcel 1392120: 3,900 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1392120.md
- Parcel 1417105: 3,853 m² (0.39 ha, 0.95 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1417105.md
- Parcel 1357791: 3,783 m² (0.38 ha, 0.93 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1357791.md
- Parcel 1303293: 3,639 m² (0.36 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1303293.md
- Parcel 3832013: 3,331 m² (0.33 ha, 0.82 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3832013.md
- Parcel 4780831: 3,221 m² (0.32 ha, 0.8 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4780831.md
- Parcel 3663735: 3,105 m² (0.31 ha, 0.77 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663735.md
- Parcel 1398926: 2,953 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1398926.md
- Parcel 1407746: 2,951 m² (0.3 ha, 0.73 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1407746.md
- Parcel 3663738: 2,768 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663738.md
- Parcel 3930918: 2,764 m² (0.28 ha, 0.68 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3930918.md
- Parcel 3663736: 2,680 m² (0.27 ha, 0.66 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663736.md
- Parcel 4618673: 2,503 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4618673.md
- Parcel 5760245: 2,404 m² (0.24 ha, 0.59 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5760245.md
- Parcel 1423983: 2,236 m² (0.22 ha, 0.55 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1423983.md
- Parcel 1420064: 2,154 m² (0.22 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1420064.md
- Parcel 1311433: 2,140 m² (0.21 ha, 0.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1311433.md
- Parcel 1404086: 2,101 m² (0.21 ha, 0.52 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1404086.md
- Parcel 1327850: 2,064 m² (0.21 ha, 0.51 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327850.md
- Parcel 1359200: 2,005 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1359200.md
- Parcel 1313411: 1,963 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1313411.md
- Parcel 4963829: 1,746 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4963829.md
- Parcel 5760250: 1,704 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5760250.md
- Parcel 1420477: 1,683 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1420477.md
- Parcel 1405248: 1,617 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1405248.md
- Parcel 1319193: 1,485 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1319193.md
- Parcel 1375083: 1,443 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375083.md
- Parcel 1317770: 1,362 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1317770.md
- Parcel 1347465: 1,331 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1347465.md
- Parcel 1350669: 1,292 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1350669.md
- Parcel 1349368: 1,270 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1349368.md
- Parcel 1410091: 1,246 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1410091.md
- Parcel 1354124: 1,175 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1354124.md
- Parcel 1322948: 1,175 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1322948.md
- Parcel 1320354: 1,161 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1320354.md
- Parcel 1342782: 1,137 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342782.md
- Parcel 1370368: 974 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1370368.md
- Parcel 1405075: 952 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1405075.md
- Parcel 1404716: 915 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1404716.md
- Parcel 1406698: 902 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1406698.md
- Parcel 1412768: 864 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1412768.md
- Parcel 1404880: 821 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1404880.md
- Parcel 1343263: 747 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343263.md
- Parcel 5295448: 655 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5295448.md
- Parcel 1351520: 630 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1351520.md
- Parcel 1383803: 510 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1383803.md
- Parcel 3663737: 418 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663737.md
- Parcel 4963827: 377 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4963827.md
- Parcel 3663733: 356 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663733.md
- Parcel 1326255: 298 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1326255.md
- Parcel 3663734: 294 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663734.md
- Parcel 5027215: 275 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5027215.md
- Parcel 4665885: 259 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4665885.md
- Parcel 1393218: 248 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1393218.md
- Parcel 1327103: 212 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1327103.md
- Parcel 4665803: 206 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4665803.md
- Parcel 1342311: 171 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1342311.md
- Parcel 4710983: 84 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/4710983.md
- Parcel 1343635: 72 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1343635.md
- Parcel 5295427: 32 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5295427.md

## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan)

No zone of a development plan covers Porthall 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)

10 applications, newest first.

- 13 Jul 2026, Donegal County Council 2661290: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED STORAGE SHED, INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661290/0
- 16 Jan 2025, Donegal County Council 2560033: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. DEMOLITION OF MICA DEFECTED DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CONNECTION TO ALL EXISTING SERVICES ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2560033/0
- 1 Feb 2024, Donegal County Council 2450037: Unconditional. Extension of duration, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2450037/0
- 17 Jan 2022, Donegal County Council 2250031: Refused. Permission. DEMOLITION OF DILAPIDATED LEAN-TO SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN ABOVE GROUND SLURRY STORE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2250031/0
- 10 Feb 2020, Donegal County Council 2050145: Conditional. Permission. DEMOLITION OF OLD SINGLE STOREY SHED AND CONSTRUCTION OF AN AGRICULTURAL GRAIN STORE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050145/0
- 15 Jan 2020, Donegal County Council 2050024: Unconditional. Extension of duration. CARRYING OUT OF WORKS WITHIN THE CURTILAGE OF A PROTECTED STRUCTURE (REG. NO. 40907113 KNOWN AS PORTHALL) CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING: 1. CHANGE OF USE OF A SECTION OF AN EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED TO AN INDOOR HORSE RIDING ARENA. 2. CHANGE OF USE OF FIRST FLOOR ONLY OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL STORE TO A LECTURE ROOM ASSOCIATED WITH PROPOSED INDOOR HORSE RIDING ARENA, INCLUDING PARKING AREA & ACCESS THROUGH EXISTING ENTRANCE. 3. MINOR IMPROVEMENT WORKS TO THE JUNCTION AT THE R-265-3 & L-23941-1 TO INCLUDE RAISING OF ROAD LEVELS & ASSOCIATED DRAINAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2050024/0
- 30 May 2019, Donegal County Council 1950804: Conditional. Permission. ERECTION OF A NEW EXTENSION TO SIDE AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND DE-COMMISSIONING EXISTING SEPTIC TANK, CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION AND CONNECTION TO NEW SEPTIC TANK AND UPGRADING AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING PERCOLATION AREA. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1950804/0
- 5 Nov 2018, Donegal County Council 1851693: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1851693/0
- 7 Nov 2017, Donegal County Council 1751671: Refused. Extension of duration, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DORMER BUNGALOW, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND BIO-CYCLE TREATMENT PLANT. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751671/0
- 31 Aug 2017, Donegal County Council 1751330: N/a. Permission, 1 home. (1) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS (2) RETENTION OF MOBILE HOME AND RELOCATION OF SAID MOBILE HOME. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751330/0

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## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service)

- Special Area of Conservation: River Finn SAC, site code 002301, https://www.npws.ie/protected-sites/sac/002301

## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service)

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Porthall.

## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage)

- Porthall House, country house, 1850–1880, Regional interest, registry number 40906311, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40906311. Detached five-bay two-storey country house, built c. 1860, having single-bay single-storey entrance porch to the centre of the front elevation (east), central two-storey return to the rear (west) and with two-storey return to the rear at the north-west corner. Possibly incorporating fabric from an earlier house to site. Hipped natural slate roof behind raised smooth rendered parapet with cornice at eaves level, central pair of smooth rendered chimneystacks, and with cast-iron rainwater goods. Smooth rendered walls with smooth rendered stringcourse. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, and timber sliding sash windows. Set back from road in own grounds overlooking the River Foyle to the east. Located in the rural countryside to the south of Saint Johnstown and to the north of Lifford. Complex of single- and two-storey outbuildings to the rear (west) having pitched natural slate roofs, rendered rubble stone walls, and square-headed openings with timber fittings. Formal lawned area to the east of house. Modern cattle sheds to the west. Rubble stone boundary walls to road-frontage to the north. Gateway to the north-west comprising a pair of rubble stone (on circular-plan) having wrought-iron flat bar gates.
- Port Hall, country house, 1740–1750, National interest, registry number 40907113, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40907113. Detached five-bay two-storey over basement former country house with attic level, built c. 1746, having central three-bay breakfront to the front elevation (west) having pediment over with Diocletian window. Site slopes away to the rear (east) with blank five-bay three-storey rear elevation having central pediment with Diocletian window at attic level. Pitched natural slate roofs, hidden behind raised roughcast rendered parapet with cut stone coping over, having roughcast rendered chimneystacks to gable ends with stone copings over, leaded downpipes, decorative hoppers with bird motifs, and brackets with insignia. Roughcast rendered walls with rusticated raised chamfered ashlar quoins to the corners of main body of building and to corners of breakfront, chamfered cut stone plinth over basement level, and with moulded cut stone eaves cornice. Square-headed window openings with stone sills, ashlar stone blocked architraved/Gibbsian surrounds with keystone motifs over, and with four-over-four and six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Nine-over-nine pane timber sliding sash windows at rear at basement level. Smooth render surround to Diocletian window to pediment. Central round-headed door opening to west elevation having timber panelled door with bolection mouldings, ashlar stone blocked architraved/Gibbsian surround, date ‘1746’ to keystone, stone lintel, and with spoked fanlight over. Cut stone coat of arms of George II over doorway. Doorway approach up flight of cut stone steps to cut stone threshold flanked by wrought-iron railings. Low rendered rubble stone boundary wall over basement. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the north-east of Lifford and adjacent to the west of the River Foyle. Complex of two-storey outbuildings (see 40907120) to the rear (east) set perpendicular to house alignment. House approached from road to west along tree-lined avenue. Gateway to the west comprising a pair of oversized rubble stone and brick gate piers (on square-plan) having decorative wrought-iron gates. Remains of walled garden with rubble stone walls lined internally with brick to the south. Formal garden to the south with cut stone steps and terraces with rubble stone retaining walls. Outbuildings and modern outbuildings to the north-east.
- Port Hall, outbuilding, 1740–1750, Regional interest, registry number 40907121, https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=DG&regno=40907121. Complex of two two-storey warehouses to the rear of Port Hall (see 40907113), built c. 1746 and comprising of nine-bay two-storey outbuilding to the north and multiple-bay two-storey outbuilding to the south with courtyard between. Block to south later in use as domestic accommodation. Complex now largely out of use. Pitched natural slate roofs with projecting eaves courses, terracotta ridge tiles to building to north, and with red brick chimneystacks. Some surviving sections of cast-iron rainwater goods. Roughcast rendered rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings to block to north with some surviving stone sills, red brick surrounds, and with mainly six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows; timber louvered fittings to some openings and some openings and some openings now blocked. Shallow segmental-headed window openings to the north elevation of building to south at ground floor level having brick reveals, stone sills, and some timber casement windows. Series of semi-circular window openings to the north elevation of range to south having fixed-pane timber windows. Square-headed window openings to the south elevation of block to the south having six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows. Semi-circular opening to the east end of the block to the north at attic level having brick surrounds with brick stringcourse under; formerly in use as a dovecote. Square- and segmental-headed door openings with mainly battened timber doors. Square-headed carriage-arches to block to north; flight of stone steps to the west gable end of block to the north giving access to doorway at first floor level. Located to the rear (east) of Port Hall and adjacent to the west bank of the River Foyle. Walled garden adjacent to the south of block to the south. Set back from road in extensive mature grounds to the north of Lifford.

## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland)

- Radon: 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: Susceptibility 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_1987, https://gsi.geodata.gov.ie/downloads/LiDAR/OPW_NASC/OPW_1987.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/porthall.dxf
- GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/porthall.geojson
- KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/porthall.kml

## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register)

- Porthall, Lifford: 7 sales, https://everytownland.com/donegal/porthall-lifford.md

## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann)

- Boyagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/boyagh.md
- Carrickmore: https://everytownland.com/donegal/carrickmore.md
- Glenfad: https://everytownland.com/donegal/glenfad.md
- Newrow: https://everytownland.com/donegal/newrow-52153.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.

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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.

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