Rashenny

186 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rashenny, from 27 m² to 185,859 m² (18.59 ha, 45.93 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Rashenny 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.

• 19 Aug 2026N/a

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DEFECTIVE CONCRETE BLOCK DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2661540

• 7 Apr 2026Conditional

  CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE TO THAT PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER REF. NO. 24/61084 AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660584

• 12 Mar 2026Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH INSTALLATION OF A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660395

• 22 Jan 2026Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND PERCOLATION AREA, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2660063

• 5 Aug 2025N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH INSTALLATION OF A WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561335

• 29 Jan 2025Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES TOGETHER WITH ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560105

• 17 Dec 2024Conditional

  (1) INCREASED FLOOR AREA OF DWELLING PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 01/4730, (2) CHANGES TO ELEVATIONS, (3) EXISTING SHED, (4) EXTERNAL GAMES ROOM AND (5) PROVISION OF A SECOND ENTRANCE TO THE SITE AND PERMISSION FOR (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING DUE TO DEFECTIVE BLOCKS (PLANNING REF. NO. 01/4730 REFERS), (2) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGES TO ELEVATIONS AND SMALL EXTENSIONS TO FRONT, REAR AND SIDE AND (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2462089

• 22 Nov 2024Conditional

  DWELLING HOUSE AND PERMISSION FOR DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING, DORMER BUNGALOW DWELLING HOUSE DAMAGED DUE TO DEFECTIVE (MICA) PRECAST CONCRETE BLOCKS AND CONSTRUCTION OF (1) A REPLACEMENT DETACHED, TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH ALTERATIONS FROM THAT OF THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND (2) A DETACHED GARAGE WITH THE RELEVANT ASSOCIATED REPLACEMENT WORKS TO BE CONNECTED TO THE EXISTING SITE SERVICES

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461905

• 19 Nov 2024Conditional

  (1) SIDE EXTENSION AND AMENDMENTS TO ELEVATIONS OF EXISTING DWELLING (PLANNING REF. NO. 99/3905 REFERS) AND (2) SHED, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2461882

• 26 Aug 2024Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Outline permission · Donegal County Council, 2461293

• 16 Jul 2024Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461084

• 17 Nov 2023Conditional

  EXISTING DORMER WINDOWS AT FRONT AND REAR, WINDOW TYPES AND DOMESTIC SHED AND PERMISSION FOR DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA AFFECTED HOUSE AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEPTIC TANK ON SITE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351760

• 20 Jul 2023Conditional

  (A) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND SHED (PLANNING REF. NO. 05/4052 REFERS), (B) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE, (C) ERECTION OF A REPLACEMENT SHED, (D) CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351065

• 15 Jun 2022Refused

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS WITH AN ON-SITE SEWERAGE SYSTEM

  Extension of duration, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251032

• 26 May 2022Conditional

  CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 21/52373 AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2250914

• 29 Nov 2021Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING PLANNING REF: 00/4998 (2) ERECTION OF (A) A REPLACEMENT DWELLING WITH CHANGE OF HOUSE TYPE (B) A GARAGE, CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES AND ALL ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152373

• 11 May 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150879

• 11 May 2021Refused

  CONSTRUCTION OF A HOLIDAY PARK CONSISTING OF: (1) RECEPTION BUILDING WITH COMMUNAL FACILITIES (2) 10 NO. STATIONARY HOMES (3) 10 NO. TOWING CARAVANS STATIONS (4) 10 NO. CAMPERVAN STATIONS (5) 12 NO. GLAMPING PODS (6) 4 NO. YURTS (7) TENT PITCHING AREA (8) KIDS HARD AND SOFT PLAY AREAS (9) SHOWER BLOCK WITH SANITARY FACILITIES, ALL WITH CONNECTION TO EFFLUENT TREATMENT PLANT AND (10) ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2150880

• 15 Mar 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM, DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2150461

• 24 May 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING WITH DETACHED DOUBLE GARAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA; ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050437

• 19 Mar 2020N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A ONE AND A HALF STOREY DWELLING WITH DETACHED DOUBLE GARAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND PERCOLATION AREA; ALONG WITH ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING SERVICES

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2050350

• 19 Jul 2019Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING AGRICULTURAL SHED AND ERECTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT SHED AND ASSOCIATED WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1951112

• 16 Nov 2018Conditional

  (1) REFURBISHMENT OF AND EXTENSIONS TO A RUN DOWN AND DILAPIDATED DWELLING, PROPOSED DOMESTIC GARAGE, TREATMENT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND (2) ERECTION OF A DWELLING, DOMESTIC GARAGE, TREATMENT PLANT AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851766

• 28 Jun 2018Conditional

  ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH A PACKAGED WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND POLISHING FILTER AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851005

• 19 Dec 2017Conditional

  EXISTING DETACHED GARAGE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1751922

The 25 most recent of 29 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: North Inishowen Coast SAC 002012
• Special Protection Area: Trawbreaga Bay SPA 004034
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: North Inishowen Coast 002012

Recorded monuments

• DG010-004 Stone row
  Description

  An alignment of stones orientated NNE-SSW. From N to S it consists of, in turn, a single standing stone, two standing stones parallel to each other, a single standing stone, and two collapsed stones. Situated on low, marshy ground presently being reclaimed. 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

• DG010-005 Burial
  Description

  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.

• DG010-009 Enclosure
  Description

  A rectangular enclosure, defined by a low bank of earth, externally faced with stones. It measures 31m NE-SW x 29.3m NW-SE. On the N, through to the W sector, there is a sharp natural drop externally. On the SW side the drop is slight while on the SE side the ground rises to a N-S running ridge. There is a small D-shaped foundation in the interior; it measures 4.9m NW-SE x 3m, with the straight side to the E. Further E of this, cutting the enclosure, is a N-S running modern field wall. It is situated in rough, open mountain terrain, on a small spur, on the N-E side of Coolcross Hill, overlooking the land to the N. 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

• DG011-001 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Only the W side of this site survives as an earthen bank containing some stone. The other sides are incorporated in modern field boundaries. To the N, at a lower level, is a quartz rock. This stands at the entrance to a passageway formed by two earthen banks. This may have led to the 'Fort' or be part of a larger complex. The features are situated on grazing land sloping in a N direction. 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

• DG011-005001 Megalithic tomb - unclassified
  Description

  The monument, 5km NW of Carndonagh, is on a gentle NW-facing slope 1.2km from Trawbreaga Bay, which is visible across low-lying ground to the N. The site is in pasture broken by occurrences of outcropping rock. Little of the monument survives. Two opposed orthostats may be interpreted as the sides of a gallery orientated NNE-SSW. The western one, pitched markedly outward, appears to have been skewed somewhat from its original position. South of each is a large prostrate slab. Both slabs may be fallen orthostats. Between 1.5m and 2m from the western side of the structure a drop in ground level, which can be traced over a distance of 10m, may represent the side of an enclosing mound. The eastern orthostat, 1.05m long at ground level, is 1.35m in overall length when an overhang at its N end is included in the measurement. It is 1.3m high. The western orthostat would stand 0.85m high if upright. The western one of the prostrate slabs measures 1.7m by 1.3m by at least 0.2m thick. The eastern one, largely grass grown, is at least 1.5m in maximum dimension and over 0.1m thick. An account of the tomb in an OS Revision Name Book (1848) shows it to have been then in a more complete state of preservation: 'These Standing Stones appear to be the remains of one of those remarkable antiquities called Labby Dermot and Grania. Its length northward is 15 feet [c. 4.6m] and main breadth 6 feet [c. 1.8m]. [It] is composed of four upright stones on the west side from 3 to 4 feet [c. 1.05-1.2m] high and two at the south end from 3 to 5 feet [c. 0.9-1.5m] high and one lying prostrate or rather in a sloping position 6 feet [c. 1.8m] long and 4 feet [c. 1.2m] broad. The east side is altogether destroyed.' Although it is not clear how the last sentence can be reconciled with the existing remains, it seems that a megalithic gallery stood here. OS Revision Name Book, sheet 11 (1848), 2; Lacy 1983, 85, no. 472; Ó Nualláin 1989, 142; Colhoun 1995, 40, no. 11/49; RMP 1995, 11:5. 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

• DG011-005002 Rock art
  Description

  Marked on the 2nd edition of the OS 6-inch map as 'Standing Stones' (DG011-005001-) (2 shown) and on the 3rd edition as 'Standing Stone'. To the W and SW are two partially buried stones, one or both of which may once have been standing. The SW stone has two cup-marks, 6cms in diameter, on it (M. R. Colhoun). Situated on pasture land on the N side of Crockagalcassagh. The above description was published in 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).

Architectural heritage

• Railway station, 1895–1905 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey former railway station, built c. 1901, with two-bay two-storey extension to rear, built 1977. Pitched artificial slate, rendered chimneystacks to gable ends, profiled cast-iron rainwater goods. Snecked squared rubble limestone with red brick moulded stringcourses at arch springing levels and canted plinth course, yellow brick quoins, rendered concrete block walls to extension. Segmental-headed window openings with yellow brick block-and-start surrounds and with red brick stringcourses forming hoodmouldings over, and with replacement timber windows. Central segmental-headed door opening to the front elevation having yellow brick block-and-start surround, red brick hoodmoulding over, replacement timber panelled door, and with plain overlight. Set back from road in own grounds bound by modern brick wall and railings with garage to east.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay single-storey house, built c. 1860, with windbreak porch to front elevation, two-bay extension to north-west gable, single-bay byre to south-east gable, modern two-bay kitchen extension to rear. Round pitched net and rod thatch roof, corrugated roof with concrete gable coping to extension, limewashed chimneystacks to gable ends, replacement rainwater goods to extension. Limewashed render to rubble stone walls. Square-headed window openings, timber three-over-three horned sash windows. Square-headed door opening to porch. Set in own grounds with three and one-bay outbuildings with round pitched thatch and limewashed rubble stone walls.

• House, 1840–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached five-bay single-storey vernacular house, built c. 1860, with windbreak porch to front, bed outshot to rear, and single-bay single-storey thatched outbuilding extension to west. Rounded thatched roof with netting restraint and timber rope stays to eaves, low smooth rendered chimneystacks and terracotta pots. Whitewashed rubble walls with thin smooth render to central bays of front elevation and porch. Square-headed window openings with two-over-two horned timber sash windows, timber casement windows to east bays. Square-headed door opening with replacement half-glazed timber panel door. Two-bay single-storey outbuilding to site comprising of rounded pitched thatch roof with whitewashed random rubble walls and square-headed door openings with stone lintel and battened timber door. Set within own grounds with modern bungalow to north-east.

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

At the centre of the townland of Rashenny, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as high, moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred.

Terrain model

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

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under 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 Rashenny with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Rashenny · Ráth Sionnaigh

Area

3,199,813 m² (319.98 ha, 790.69 acres)

Civil parish

Clonmany, and its townlands

Barony

Inishowen East

Electoral division

Ballyliffin, the unit of the census

Census 2022

1,529 people lived in 493 households in the Ballyliffin electoral division. 83% of households owned their home. 37% of homes were built since 2001. 9% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 24% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballymacmoriarty, Carndoagh, Straths, Tullynabratilly

Placenames

Rashenny 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.