Portnason

4 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Portnason, from 561 m² to 11,283 m² (1.13 ha, 2.79 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 6 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 Portnason 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.

• 30 Jul 2026Conditional

  REVISIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF. NO. 22/52048 WHICH ARE AS FOLLOWS: CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. ADDITIONAL DETACHED DWELLING ON SITE NO.17. INCLUDING MINOR REVISIONS TO SITE LAYOUT

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661429

• 31 Mar 2026Conditional

  REVISIONS TO PREVIOUSLY APPROVED PLANNING REF. NO. 22/52048 CONSISTING OF THE OMISSION OF 1NO. DETACHED DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF 2NO. SEMI-DETACHED DWELLINGS ON SITE NO. 35 AND 36 (1NO. ADDITIONAL DWELLING), INCLUDING MINOR REVISIONS TO SITE LAYOUT

  Permission, 2 homes · Donegal County Council, 2660531

• 28 Apr 2025Conditional

  (1) ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE AND INSTALLATION OF AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH SOIL POLISHING FILTER AND (2) ALTERATIONS AND WIDENING OF THE EXISTING SITE ENTRANCE ONTO THE PUBLIC ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560664

• 1 Nov 2024Conditional

  RENOVATION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL FENESTRATION, CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS TO SIDE AND REAR, REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING ROOF AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2461755

• 21 Dec 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF 48 NO. DWELLINGS AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS TO INCLUDE (1) CONNECTION TO PUBLIC FOUL SEWER VIA PROPOSED ON-SITE PUMP STATION AND DISCHARGE OF STORM WATER TO EXISTING WATER COURSE (2) PROPOSED ACCESS THROUGH EXISTING SERVICE ROAD FROM R-267 (WEST PORT ROAD) (3) PROPOSED CENTRALLY LOCATED LANDSCAPED AMENITY AREA AND ASSOCIATED CAR PARKING

  Permission, 47 homes · Donegal County Council, 2252048

• 3 Dec 2018N/a

  CHANGE OF USE OF UNIT 3 FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL/STORAGE PURPOSES AS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF: 18/50022 TO SPORTS THERAPY SUITE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851828

• 15 Jan 2018Conditional

  (1) A CHANGE OF LAYOUT OF UNIT NO. 3 OF EXISTING PREMISES FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF: 12/20140 TO CREATE TWO SEPARATE UNITS FOR USE AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL/STORAGE PURPOSES AND (2) AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING UNIT 1 OF THE SAME BUILDING

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1850022

• 21 Dec 2017N/a

  (1) A CHANGE OF LAYOUT OF UNIT NO. 3 OF THEIR EXISTING PREMISES FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF: 12/201401 TO CREATE TWO SEPARATE UNITS FOR USE AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL/STORAGE PURPOSES AND (2) AN EXTENSION TO EXISTING UNIT 1 OF THE SAME BUILDING

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751924

• 8 Feb 2017Conditional

  CHANGE OF LAYOUT OF UNIT NO. 2 OF THE EXISTING PREMISES FROM THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF:12/20140. THE CHANGES WILL INCORPORATE THE PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL FLOOR AREA CONSISTING OF A NEW MEZZANINE AT FIRST FLOOR LEVEL

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1750160

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

Designated sites

• Special Protection Area: Donegal Bay SPA 004151
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Erne Estuary/Finner Dunes 000139

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Portnason.

Architectural heritage

• Portnason House, house, 1810–1870 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey over basement house, built c. 1820 and altered c. 1870, having projecting single-bay single-storey porch to the centre of the front elevation (south), added c. 1860, and with two-storey over basement returns and extensions (added c. 1870) to the rear (north). Now also in use as a guest house. Glazed entrance porch to the rear elevation (north). Hipped natural slate roofs with central valley having a central pair of ashlar sandstone chimneystacks (aligned at a right angle to the front elevation) with terracotta pots over, slightly projecting ashlar eaves course supported on paired brackets, and with surviving cast-iron rainwater goods. Flat roof to porch having balustraded parapet over. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls with raised render pilaster strip with recessed central panel to either end of main of main elevation (east and west). Plinth course to ground floor of rear extension/return. Engaged render/stucco fluted Composite pilasters to corners of porch having plinths to base with recessed rectangular panels, and with continuous moulded eaves cornice over having mutules. Square-headed window openings with cut stone sills, six-over-six pane timber sliding sash windows, raised rendered surrounds, and having moulded corbels to sills with central rendered panels between beneath ground floor openings. Various timber sliding sash windows to side and rear elevations; paired four-over-over pane timber sliding sash windows at basement level to side elevations; square-headed window openings to side elevations of porch (east and west) having margin glazing bars. Central round-headed door opening to front face of porch having moulded render surround, render hoodmoulding over with decorative label stops, timber panelled double doors, and with plain overlight. Doorway flanked to either side by square-headed sidelights having fixed pane windows and with moulded render stringcourse over. Doorway reached up flight of steps over basement level. Plinth wall over basement level to front elevation having wrought-iron guard railings over. Original interior features include marble fireplaces, carved stone staircase, timber-panelled doors and window shutters, detailed plaster cornice works and vaulted ceiling to basement level and altered former ballroom. Set back from road in extensive mature landscaped grounds to the south-west of Ballyshannon town centre and adjacent to the south of the south bank of the River Erne. Complex of outbuildings (see 40910765) to the rear (north), gate lodge to the south (see 40910767), former gate lodge to the south-east (see 40910768), and with remains of walled garden (see 40910766) to the east. Former quay (not investigated) to the east jutting out into the River Eske, rubble stone boundary walls to site.

• Portnason House, outbuilding, stables, 1800–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Complex of detached single- and two-storey outbuildings associated with Portnason House (see 40910764), built c. 1820, arranged around a gravel and tarmacadam courtyard to the north of the house. Possibly later in use or partial use as a military complex. Detached five-bay two-storey outbuilding to the west of complex having hipped natural slate roof; roughcast rendered rubble stone walls over smooth rendered plinth; square-headed window openings with smooth rendered reveals, stone sills and six-over-six-pane timber sliding sash windows; square-headed loading bay to the rear (west) at first floor level with smooth rendered reveal and battened timber door; square-headed doorways with battened timber doors; central segmental-headed archway having brick voussoirs and flush cut stone surround; and modern segmental-headed carriage-arch adjacent to the south side of central archway to main elevation (east) having modern metal garage door. Detached six-bay two-storey outbuilding to the north of complex (possibly formerly in use as a military mess) with advanced three-bay two-storey section to the east end having hipped natural slate roofs; roughcast rendered rubble stone walls over smooth rendered plinth course; square-headed window openings with smooth rendered reveals having keystone detail, stone sills and six-over-six-pane timber sliding sash windows; square-headed doorways and loading bays (first floor level) with battened timber doors (overlights to some doorways); and with segmental-headed carriage to the west end of the front elevation (south) having smooth rendered reveals and battened timber double doors. Detached five-bay single-storey outbuilding to the north-west corner of yard, built c. 1900, having steep mono-pitched natural slate roof, roughcast rendered walls over smooth rendered plinth, square-headed window opening with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window, square-headed doorway with battened timber door, and square-headed carriage-arches with modern timber double doors. Detached four-bay two-storey building to the east, possibly formerly an estate worker’s or steward’s house, having pitched and hipped natural slate roof with rendered chimneystack having brick coping over, metal rooflights, projecting eaves course, raised cut stone coping to the north and south ends having pedestal to gable apexes, and with some surviving cast-iron rainwater goods; rubble stone walls, formerly rendered; square-headed window openings with stone sills and remains of two-over-two pane timber sliding sash windows; square-headed doorway with remains of battened timber door; square-headed doorway to the rear elevation (east) at first floor level, formerly giving access to walled garden (see 40910766), now out of use. Hooped wrought-iron gates adjacent to the west elevation of outbuilding to the east. Corrugated-metal shed to the south of yard having barrel-vaulted corrugated-metal roof over. Gateway into yard from the south comprising a pair of cut stone gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal coping over, and with a pair of modern gates. Set well back from road in mature grounds to the north of Portnason House and adjacent to the shores of the River Erne/Salt Pan Bay to the north. High rubble stone boundary walls to site. Some modern additions to site. Located to the south-west of Ballyshannon town centre.

• Portnason House, walled garden, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Walled garden associated with Portnason House (see 40910764) on sub-rectangular or L-shaped plan, erected c. 1820, now partially in use as farmland. High rubble stone boundary walls with additional brick courses (in English garden bond) over in places; rendered coping over. Integral segmental-headed carriage-arch to the west side having brick voussoirs to arch, roughly squared rubble stone surrounds, and a pair of modern gates. Wall breached to the north-west corner to provide access from complex of outbuildings (see 40910765). Integral square-headed pedestrian entrance to the west, adjacent to house, having timber door, and with modern gable-fronted timber summerhouse/gazebo to interior having trelliswork walls. Blocked pedestrian entrances to other elevations having red brick voussoirs to arches. Modern single-storey stables to the west. Possible former estate worker’s/gardener’s/steward’s house built into boundary wall to the extreme north-west corner. Walls undulate along with topography. Remains of fruit trees to the south part of site. Evidence of former pond to the east, now dry. Located to the east of Portnason House (see 40910764), and to the south-west of Ballyshannon town centre.

• Portnason House, gate lodge, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey gate lodge associated with Portnason House (see 40910764), built c. 1870, having central projecting gable-fronted porch to the main elevation (west). Now in use as a private house with single-storey flat-roofed extension to the rear (east). Hipped natural slate roof with overhanging eaves supported on paired moulded brackets, roll moulded terracotta ridge tiles, and having central rendered chimneystack with terracotta pots over. Pitched natural slate roof to porch having raised rendered coping/cornice to the west gable end, and with roll moulded terracotta ridge tiles. Flat roof to extension hidden behind raised parapet with rendered coping over. Smooth rendered ruled-and-lined walls having raised rendered block-and-start surrounds to the corners of the main building and to porch projection; raised rendered ‘crow stepped’ gable motif to porch. Segmental-headed window openings having plain raised rendered surrounds, sill-course, and one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows. Paired segmental-headed window openings to the north elevation of main block having sill-course, and one-over-one pane horned timber sliding sash windows; square-headed window opening to the north face of extension having smooth rendered reveal and with two-over-two pane timber sliding sash window. Round-headed door opening to front face of porch (west) having replacement timber panelled door, replacement spoke fanlight, and render hoodmoulding over. Set slightly back from road at the south gateway to Portnason House, at start of long tree lined avenue approach. Small garden to front of site having rebuilt squared rubble stone boundary walls to the west elevation. Wrought-iron railings to the north of site. Pedestrian gateway to the wet having a pair of rebuilt squared rubble stone gate piers (on square-plan) having pyramidal coping over, and with hooped wrought-iron gate. Located to the south-west of Ballyshannon town centre.

• Portnason House, sundial, 1820–1860
  Description

  Sundial associated with Portnason House (see 40910764), erected c. 1840, comprising a dressed ashlar plinth (on circular-plan) having chamfered dressed ashlar table/platform over with central copper sundial mechanism having graduated dial face on (circular-plan) with perforated gnomon over. Set on section of modern flagstone paving in lawned area. Located to the front (south) of Portnason House in extensive mature landscaped grounds, and to the south-west of Ballyshannon town centre.

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 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility moderately high, moderately low, low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.

Terrain model

No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Portnason.

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.

No address of the register names Portnason with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Portnason · Port na Sonn

Area

234,835 m² (23.48 ha, 58.03 acres)

Civil parish

Inishmacsaint, and its townlands

Barony

Tirhugh

Electoral division

Ballyshannon Urban, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Ballyshannon Urban electoral division: 1,714 people in 786 households; 63% of households own their home; 18% of homes were built since 2001; 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 4% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Carrickboy, Dunmuckrum

Placenames

Portnason 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.