Ray

248 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ray, from 24 m² to 3,974,510 m² (397.45 ha, 982.12 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 65 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Ray 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.

• 2 Sept 2026N/a

  CHANGE OF HOUSE DESIGN TO THAT GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 25/61753 INCLUDING ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2661631

• 11 Mar 2026Conditional

  RETENTION, COMPLETION AND ALTERATION OF AN EXISTING UNFINISHED DWELLING HOUSE, 280M SOUTHEAST OF RAY CHURCH FALCARRAGH (GRID REF: 595587 933081)

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2660393

• 16 Dec 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562246

• 5 Dec 2025N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2562157

• 8 Oct 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF AN EXTENSION TO DWELLING HOUSE, ALTERATIONS TO THE FACADE AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561753

• 4 Sept 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2561523

• 23 Apr 2025Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560635

• 10 Jan 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, INSTALLATION OF SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560009

• 2 Dec 2024N/a

  CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK / SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461972

• 12 Sept 2024Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461419

• 12 Aug 2022Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND DOMESTIC GARAGE & ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2251374

• 14 Jun 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE WITH A WASTERWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151157

• 26 May 2021N/a

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151041

• 26 May 2021Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH A WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ALL OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151040

• 4 Nov 2019Conditional

  AN FHORBAIRT ATÁ DÉANTA AR GHARÁISTE TÍ A CHOIMEÁD

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1951689

• 1 Jul 2019Conditional

  DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LIVING ROOM/KITCHEN/DINING ROOM EXTENSION WITH BASEMENT GARAGE TO THE SOUTH-WEST GABLE OF EXISTING DWELLING INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED RETAINING WALLS/SITE WALLS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950995

• 10 May 2019Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS AND RETENTION AND COMPLETION OF SITE ACCESS ROAD

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950715

• 13 Feb 2019Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTENSION AND CARRYING OUT ALTERATIONS TO EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950177

• 2 Oct 2018Refused

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE AND DOMESTIC GARAGE WITH PROPRIETARY WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM INCLUDING ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851520

• 26 Mar 2018Refused

  (1) RETENTION OF A DOMESTIC GARAGE/STORE WITH BASEMENT ACCOMMODATION TO INCLUDE ALTERATIONS TO THE SIDE (SOUTH-WEST) ELEVATION AND (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING CONSERVATORY AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LIVING ROOM, KITCHEN, DINING ROOM EXTENSION WITH BASEMENT GARAGE TO THE SOUTH-WEST GABLE OF EXISTING DWELLING INCLUDING ALTERATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING AND CONSTRUCTION OF A DORMER WINDOW TO THE REAR ALONG WITH ALL ASSOCIATED RETAINING/SITE WORKS WALLS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1850434

• 12 Apr 2017Conditional

  EXISTING MACHINERY SHED WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 1750565

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: Muckish Mountain SAC 001179
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Muckish Mountain 001179

Recorded monuments

• DG025-029001 Cross - High cross
  Description

  In Raymunterdoney Old Church (DG025-029003-). This high cross is a National Monument in state ownership (No. 23). It is a large ringed cross recently re-erected and placed just inside the N wall of Ray Church. It is set in a modern concrete support .6m high. Above this, the cross measures 5.56m in height. The shaft is .66m wide at the base and narrows to .55m at the top. The arms are c. 3.7m above the top of the concrete support and measure 2.3m in overall width. Both are .55m in height. The ring band in the angles of the shaft and arms, which measures 8 cms to 11 cms in width does not form a true circle, but encloses a space varying from 1m to 1.2m across. The two stretches of ring band on the left hand side are, at least in part, modern repairs. The angles of the shaft and arms are not right-angled but joined by a short, slightly convex diagonal line. Two broad metal strips used to secure the cross in one piece, and in position, partly obscure their angles. At the top outer corner of both arms, a slight projection is visible at the back of the cross. Towards the outer edges of both arms is a panel in light relief. Both are approximately .24m square. In, addition to the two metal strips in the angles of the cross, two more bind the shaft. The strips are at points where the cross was broken. The bottom of the shaft is concealed in the modern concrete support. A drawing by Getty (1853, 143) shows a hole at the base of the shaft to aid its erection. This is now concealed. Getty measured the length of the cross at 20ft 6in. The cross lay broken in the graveyard just outside Ray Church until placed in its present position. The outline of the cross is still visible in the graveyard. There are unconfirmed and unlikely claims that the cross was brought from Tory Island in the last century. John O'Donovan (O'Flanagan 1927, 39) saw it in its present state in Ray Graveyard in September 1835 and was told it had been knocked by a storm about a century before. At the base of the cross are: (1) a millstone which has been cut to form a cross base. (2) a second millstone. (3) a stone of subcircular appearance in which there is a cork-screw perforation. 8m W of the SW corner of the church and in the graveyard (DG025-029007-) which surrounds it, there is a large flattish subrectangular basin-stone (DG025-029004-) .8m x .85m x .15m. A depression .64m in diameter and 0.1m deep is carved in it. Also, in the NE corner of the graveyard is a standing stone (DG025-029002-) 2.1m high x 1.17m wide at base x .14m thick; N-S. The site is located in low-lying, wet land, close to the sea. It was believed by O'Donovan to be the site of the early ecclesiastical settlement, Rath Finan (O'Flanagan 1927, 39). 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. The following description of the High Cross at Ray is taken from, P. Harbison (2002-) The High Crosses of Ireland: An Iconographical and Photographic Survey, 3 vols., Habelt, Bonn, vol. 1. 162). Ringed Cross 'A tall cross which lay for a long time on the ground outside the ruined church at Ray, near Falcarragh, and which is now mounted against the inside north wall of the church, was reputedy brought here from Tory Island, but there is no strong evidence to support the claim. It is about 5.56m high and 2.26m across the arms. The bottom of the shaft is 65cm wide and 15cm thick. The ring is very thin for such a tall cross. Other than the raised flat panels on the head of the south face of the cross-square in the centre, and slightly rectangular on the arms-there is no decoration'. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

• DG025-029002 Standing stone
  Description

  In the NE corner of the graveyard (DG025-029006-) of Raymunterdoney Old Church (DG025-029003-) there is a standing stone (H 2.1m; L 1.17m wide at base; T 0.14m thick) with its long axis aligned N-S. The site is located in low-lying, wet land, close to the sea. It was believed by O'Donovan to be the site of the early ecclesiastical settlement, Rath Finan (O'Flanagan 1927, 39). 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

• DG025-029003 Church
  Description

  Raymunterdoney Old Church (DG025-029003-): Repaired or rebuilt post 1622 (see Royal Commission, 218) this parish church continued in use until the new church of St Paul's was built in 1805 (Fagan Bk. 3, 1-2, Leslie 1940, 120). The remains are vested in the Office of Public Works as a National Monument (no. 23). The walls of the church, 14.6m by 5.9m internally, stand to full height and are built of rubble with ashlar quoins; the SW and NW only, being dressed. The presence of two punch-dressed blocks in the latter, two others cemented to the sill of the westernmost window in the S wall and the doorway in the W gable with stop-chamfered jambs and pointed head, suggest the re-use of these fragments from an earlier church. The S wall has four round-headed windows with splayed ingoings. There is a similar larger blocked-up window with flat rear-arch in the E gable. The outlines of two other blocked-up windows can be traced in the N wall. The Office of Public Works has erected the high cross (DG025-029001-) on a plinth against the interior face of the N wall and have flush-pointed the masonry. The 1754 aedicule of the Olphert family (Fagan Bk. 3, 2) which was set on the interior face of the W gable is broken and no trace of the inscribed tablet survives; sections of the broken columns and moulded frame are cemented to the window sills. The site is located in low-lying, wet land, close to the sea. It was believed by O'Donovan to be the site of the early ecclesiastical settlement, Rath Finan (O'Flanagan 1927, 39). 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

• DG025-029004 Bullaun stone
  Description

  Raymunterdoney Old Church (DG025-029003-): Repaired or rebuilt post 1622 (see Royal Commission, 218) this parish church continued in use until the new church of St Paul's was built in 1805 (Fagan Bk. 3, 1-2, Leslie 1940, 120). The remains are vested in the Office of Public Works as a national monument (no. 23). The walls of the church, 14.6m by 5.9m internally, stand to full height and are built of rubble with ashlar quoins; the SW and NW only, being dressed. The presence of two punch-dressed blocks in the latter, two others cemented to the sill of the westernmost window in the S wall and the doorway in the W gable with stop-chamfered jambs and pointed head, suggest the re-use of these fragments from an earlier church. The S wall has four round-headed windows with splayed ingoings. There is a similar larger blocked-up window with flat rear-arch in the E gable. The outlines of two other blocked-up windows can be traced in the N wall. The Office of Public Works has erected the high cross (DG025-029001-) on a plinth against the interior face of the N wall and have flush-pointed the masonry. The 1754 aedicule of the Olphert family (Fagan Bk. 3, 2) which was set on the interior face of the W gable is broken and no trace of the inscribed tablet survives; sections of the broken columns and moulded frame are cemented to the window sills. 8m W of the SW corner of the church and in the graveyard (DG025-029007-) which surrounds it, there is a large flattish subrectangular basin-stone (DG025-029004-) .8m x .85m x .15m. A depression .64m in diameter and 0.1m deep is carved in it. Also, in the NE corner of the graveyard is a standing stone (DG025-029002-) 2.1m high x 1.17m wide at base x .14m thick; N-S. The site is located in low-lying, wet land, close to the sea. It was believed by O'Donovan to be the site of the early ecclesiastical settlement, Rath Finan (O'Flanagan 1927, 39). 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

• DG025-029005 Stone sculpture
  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.

• DG025-029006 Graveyard
  Description

  Raymunterdoney Old Church (DG025-029003-): Repaired or rebuilt post 1622 (see Royal Commission, 218) this parish church continued in use until the new church of St Paul's was built in 1805 (Fagan Bk. 3, 1-2, Leslie 1940, 120). The remains are vested in the Office of Public Works as a national monument (no. 23). The walls of the church, 14.6m by 5.9m internally, stand to full height and are built of rubble with ashlar quoins; the SW and NW only, being dressed. The presence of two punch-dressed blocks in the latter, two others cemented to the sill of the westernmost window in the S wall and the doorway in the W gable with stop-chamfered jambs and pointed head, suggest the re-use of these fragments from an earlier church. The S wall has four round-headed windows with splayed ingoings. There is a similar larger blocked-up window with flat rear-arch in the E gable. The outlines of two other blocked-up windows can be traced in the N wall. The Office of Public Works has erected the high cross (DG025-029001-) on a plinth against the interior face of the N wall and have flush-pointed the masonry. The 1754 aedicule of the Olphert family (Fagan Bk. 3, 2) which was set on the interior face of the W gable is broken and no trace of the inscribed tablet survives; sections of the broken columns and moulded frame are cemented to the window sills. 8m W of the SW corner of the church and in the graveyard (DG025-029007-) which surrounds it, there is a large flattish subrectangular basin-stone (DG025-029004-) .8m x .85m x .15m. A depression .64m in diameter and 0.1m deep is carved in it. Also, in the NE corner of the graveyard is a standing stone (DG025-029002-) 2.1m high x 1.17m wide at base x .14m thick; N-S. The site is located in low-lying, wet land, close to the sea. It was believed by O'Donovan to be the site of the early ecclesiastical settlement, Rath Finan (O'Flanagan 1927, 39). 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

• DG025-029007 Church
  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.

• DG025-035 Megalithic tomb - court tomb
  Description

  This tomb lies c. 1km S of the court tomb in Ballyboe (Dg. 5) and around the same distance N of another in Moyra Glebe (Dg. 103) and stands 600m E of the Ray River. It is sited near the top of a slight ridge on low-lying farmland almost 2.5km from the coast. The sea is visible to the N, and to the S Muckish and Errigal mountains form the skyline. The monument consists of the remains of a chamber facing ESE. Three orthostats—a backstone, a sidestoneand a jamb—are present and indicate a chamber length of 3.7m. The structure stands in a mound measuring 7m N-S by almost 6m E-W and up to 1m high. Much of the content of the mound appears to consist of dumped field stones, although some partly buried sizeable ones (not on plan) may be displaced structural stones. The backstone, at the WNW, is tall and gabled in outline. It rises 1.3m above the surface of the mound and 1.7m above field level alongside. The sidestone, on the southern side of the chamber, is c. 0.7m lower than the backstone. The jamb is 0.9m ESE of the sidestone. It is transversely set and is c. 0.15m taller than the sidestone. Approximately 0.5m N of the jamb a slab measuring 1.6m by 0.9m by at least 0.7m thick lies prostrate on the mound. This may be a fallen jamb. In the middle of the 19th century two upright stones stood at this end of the chamber (OS Revision Name Book, 1847-9). The same source also recorded that a prostrate stone, 61/2 feet (c. 2m) long and 31/2 feet (c. 1.05m) broad, then lying at the northern side of the chamber, may have been a fallen sidestone. There can be little doubt that the remains represent the endchamber of a court tomb gallery. Fagan 1845-8, book 3, 7; OS Revision Name Book, sheet 25 (1847-9), 12; de Valera 1960, 130, no. 5 (plan); Ó Nualláin 1983a, 27, no. 41; SMR 1987, 25:35; Ó Nualláin 1989, 117; RMP 1995, 25:35. 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)

Architectural heritage

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1600–1900 · Regional interest
  Description

  Graveyard on trapezoidal plan with fieldstone boundary wall, containing pre-1700 church in ruins, large ringed cross, and eighteenth and nineteenth-century grave-markers. Rubble stone walls with ashlar quoins to church with four round-headed windows with splayed reveals. Pointed-arch doorway with stop-chamfered jambs.

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 Ray, about 1 in 20 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 Ray.

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 Ray with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.

Name

Ray · Ráith

Area

7,144,413 m² (714.44 ha, 1,765.42 acres)

Civil parish

Raymunterdoney, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmacrenan

Electoral division

Cross Roads, the unit of the census

Census 2022

2,071 people lived in 867 households in the Cross Roads electoral division. 74% of households owned their home. 29% of homes were built since 2001. 13% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 20% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyboe, Ballyboe Mountain, Carrowcanon, Carrownamaddy, Derryreel, Gortnaleck, Kildarragh, Moyra Glebe

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Ray 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.