Rathmore
Townland in the civil parish of Inishmacsaint, barony of Tirhugh, Co. Donegal
- Area
- 194.9 ha
- 482 acres
- Land parcels
- 84
- registered freehold, median 6,942 m² (0.69 ha, 1.72 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 3
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
84 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rathmore, from 16 m² to 119,929 m² (11.99 ha, 29.64 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 35 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
No zone of a development plan covers Rathmore 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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
18 Jan 2023Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2350036
21 Jul 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE SERVICED BY AN EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM ALONG WITH POLISHING FILTER & DOMESTIC GARAGE
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151454
16 Feb 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A STOREY- AND- A- HALF DWELLINGHOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, PROPRIETARY DOMESTIC EFFLUENT TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750213
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Rathmore.
Recorded monuments
- DG107-079 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diam. 50m. Marked 'Rathmore' on the OS 6-inch maps the site consists of a subcircular area enclosed by a substantial earthen bank, a fosse from 1m to 2m wide, a second bank and fosse and a small outer bank. The fosses are almost fully silted-up and covered by rushes. The S half of the site is badly overgrown and the outer bank almost totally covered by bushes. The site is situated on the crest of a ridge commanding extensive views. 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 No archaeological significance NGR G857595 Excavation Licence No. 05E0528 The footprint of a house, access road and sewage lines located some 200m south-east of Rathmore rath (SMR 107:79), near Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, were tested by means of a series of trenches excavated by a machine fitted with a toothless bucket. Nothing of archaeological significance was noted (Excavations Bulletin 2005). Eoin Halpin, ADS Ltd, Windsor House, 11 Fairview Strand, Dublin 3.
- DG107-090 Standing stone
Description
A standing stone 1.7m high × 0.4m wide × 0.16m thick; N-S. Situated on fairly wet pasture land with extensive views. 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
- DG107-091 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diam. 26.6m. Marked 'Rathgreaghan' on the OS 6-inch maps the site consists of a circular area enclosed by a substantial earthen bank, a fosse and an outer low bank worn away in places. The whole site is overgrown with trees and bushes. It is situated on the edge of a low ridge in good land. 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
- DG107-092 Standing stone
Description
A previous account (Davies) recorded a standing stone, 2ft high, here. This could not be found but the area is heavily overgrown and it may remain concealed. Situated on a S facing slope. 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
- DG107-093 Ringfort - rath
Description
Internal diam. c. 23m. A circular single-earthen-banked enclosure, badly overgrown and situated in wet marshy land. 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
- DG107-111 Enclosure
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.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Rathmore.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- 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.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1335 (ZIP).
- 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Rathmore with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Rathmore
- Area
- 1,949,119 m² (194.91 ha, 481.64 acres)
- Civil parish
- Inishmacsaint, and its townlands
- Barony
- Tirhugh
- Electoral division
- Bundoran Rural, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Bundoran Rural electoral division: 1,179 people in 408 households; 83% of households own their home; 43% of homes were built since 2001; 10% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 22% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ardfarn, Drumacrin, Dunmuckrum, Finner, Rathglass
- Placenames
- Rathmore 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.