Ray

83 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Ray, from 2 m² to 711,738 m² (71.17 ha, 175.87 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 22 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland as DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, or as GeoJSON or KML.

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.

• 28 Oct 2025N/a

  ALTERATIONS AND RENOVATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING TO INCLUDE LOFT CONVERSION AND CONSTRUCTION OF 2 NEW ROOF DORMERS AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO REAR OF BUILDING & RE-CLADDING OF EXISTING BUILDING WITH STONE AND BRICK DETAILING.

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2561869

• 8 Apr 2025Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, INSTALLATION OF A FOUL WASTEWATER SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED PERCOLATION AREA WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2560524

• 31 Jul 2024Conditional

  (1) ALTERATIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO DWELLING HOUSE GRANTED UNDER PLANNING APPLICATION REF. NO: 19/51167 TO FORM NEW DWELLING HOUSE CONSTRUCTION ON SITE (2) IMPORTATION OF ROCK AND FILL AND THE CREATION OF A NEW ROADWAY TO THE EAST OF THE DWELLING HOUSE AND PERMISSION TO PUT SURFACE WATER MEASURES IN PLACE TO PREVENT THE DISCHARGE OF SURFACE WATER ONTO PUBLIC ROAD AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2461168

• 12 Apr 2024Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING MICA DEFECTIVE BLOCK TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, (2) CONSTRUCTION OF REPLACEMENT TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE WITH ATTIC BEDROOMS AND SANITARY FACILITIES AND (3) CONNECTION TO EXISTING FOUL SYSTEM AND PUBLIC MAINS PREVIOUSLY USED BY EXISTING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2460505

• 10 Aug 2023Conditional

  MATERIAL AMENDMENT TO THE PROPOSED REPLACEMENT HOUSE PREVIOUSLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING PERMISSION REFERENCE NO. 21/52100. THE AMENDMENTS INCLUDE CHANGES TO THE ELEVATIONS AND FLOOR LAYOUTS (PERMITTED PLANNING REFERENCE NO. 21/52100 INCLUDED FOR THE DEMOLITION OF THE EXISTING TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE DAMAGED DUE TO DEFECTIVE PRECAST CONCRETE BLOCKS AND RECONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. THE RELEVANT ASSOCIATED REPLACEMENT WORKS WILL BE CONNECTED TO EXISTING SITE SERVICES)

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2351185

• 9 Mar 2023Conditional

  CHANGE OF USE OF PART OF EXISTING COMMUNITY BUILDING TO PROVIDE PRESCHOOL AND CHILDCARE FACILITIES AND CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW OUTDOOR PLAY AREA

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2350296

• 7 Dec 2022Conditional

  ERECTION OF TIMBER PICKETT FENCING, TO A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 1.80 METRES TO THE SIDE BOUNDARY OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention · Donegal County Council, 2251963

• 10 Oct 2022Conditional

  (1) ALTERATIONS AND RENOVATIONS TO THE EXISTING DWELLING TO INCLUDED DEMOLITION OF EXISTING REAR EXTENSION AND ELEVATIONAL CHANGES (2)CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW PART SINGLE STOREY PART ONE AND A HALF STOREY REAR EXTENSION (3) PART DEMOLITION OF EXISTING GARAGE/STORE WITH RENOVATIONS TO THE REMAINING STRUCTURE (4) INSTALLATION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM WITH ALL ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251699

• 4 Apr 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ALL WEATHER SPORTS PITCH AND EXERCISE TRACK WITH FLOODLIGHTS, FENCING AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2250574

• 26 Oct 2021Conditional

  (1) DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING TWO-STOREY DWELLING (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152100

• 25 Aug 2020Conditional

  1)CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT (WWTP) IN THE TOWNLAND OF TIRRODDY WITH ASSOCIATED AND ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS INCLUDING INTERNAL ACCESS ROAD, INLET WORKS, WWTP PROCESS TANKS, SLUDGE STORAGE TANKS, CHEMICAL STORAGE TANKS, ANCILLARY TREATMENT UNITS, ADMINISTRATION & ESB SUB-STATION BUILDING, SLUDGE PRESS BUILDING, INTERNAL PUMPING STATIONS, SURFACE WATER ATTENUATION POND, 2.4M HIGH BOUNDARY FENCE AROUND THE PERIMITER OF THE WWTP WORKS, 1.2M FENCING AROUND THE SITE BOUNDARY, ENTRANCE VIA AN EXISTING COILLTE ROADWAY AND ENTRANCE ONTO L-5612-1 AND WIDENING AND STRENGHTENING OF L-5612-1 2)CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY 1,590M OF TREATED EFFLUENT OUTFALL PIPELINE IN THE TOWNLANDS OF TIRRODDY AND BROWNKNOE, INCLUDING APPROXIMATELY 160M MARINE SECTION & OUTFALL DIFFUSER LOCATED IN LOUGH SWILLY3) CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. MAIN WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION AT RAMELTON IN THE TOWNLAND OF RAMELTON INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS, DEMOLITION OF EXISTING SINGLE-STOREY BUILDING, FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURES, BELOW GROUND STORAGE TANK & STRUCTURES, PUMP HOUSE BUILDING, ESB SUB-STATION UNIT, RUBBLE STONE PERIMITER WALLS, NEW ENTRANCE ONTO CASTLE STREET, RECONSTRUCTION OF AN EXISTING STONE BOUNDARY WALL APPROXIMATELY 15M LONG ALONg CASTLE STREET AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING STORM OUTFALLS 4)CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. MAIN WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION AT RATHMULLAN IN THE TOWNLAND OF RATHMULLAN & BALLYBOE INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS, FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURES, BELOW GROUND STORAGE TANK & STRUCTURES, PUMP HOUSE BUILDING, RUBBLE STONE PERIMETER WALLS, ESB SUB-STATION UNIT, DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING SUBTERRANEAN MUNICIPAL SEPTIC TANK, NEW TURNING HAMMERHEAD AT THE END OF THE EXISTING TURNING CIRCLE AT ABBEY VIEW ESTATE, NEW ENTRANCE TO ABBEY VIEW ESTATE, TEMPORARY WORKING AREA DURING CONSTRUCTION AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING STORM OUTFALLS 5)CONSTRUCTION OF 1 NO. NETWORK WASTEWATER PUMPING STATION AT RATHMULLAN IN THE TOWNLAND OF RATHMULLAN & BALLYBOE INCLUDING ALL ANCILLARY DEVELOPMENT WORKS, FLOOD PROTECTION MEASURES, BELOW GROUND PUMPING STATION, STORAGE TANK & STRUCTURES, LOW-LEVEL CONTROL KIOSK, 7.6M HIGH ORNATE VENTILATION STACK, RUBBLE STONE PERIMETER WALLS, DEMOLITION OF AN EXISTING SUBTERRANEAN MUNICIPAL SEPTIC TANK, NEW ENTRANCE ONTO MAIN STREET, TEMPORARY WORKING AREA DURING CONSTRUCTION, TEMPORARY ENTRANCE ONTO MAIN STREET DURING CONSTRUCTION, RELOCATION AND UPGRADING OF EXISTING STORM DRAIN AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING STORM OUTFALL......

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2051157

• 27 Mar 2020Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF AN EXTERNAL CLAD ENCLOSURE STRUCTURE TO COVER EXISTING STEEL STAIRS FIRE ESCAPE STAIRWAY TO REAR OF EXISTING MULTI-PURPOSE COMMUNITY CENTRE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2050406

• 30 Jul 2019Conditional

  (1) DWELLING HOUSE AND SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT (2) PARTIAL CONSTRUCTION OF ACCESS DRIVEWAY INTO SITE AND LAND & (3) MATERIAL FILL ON SITE

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1951167

• 31 May 2019Conditional

  RECONSTRUCTION AND EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING COTTAGE STRUCTURE INCLUDING WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM, POLISHING FILTER AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITEWORKS. A NATURA IMPACT STATEMENT (NIS) ACCOMPANIES THIS APPLICATION

  Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950849

• 14 Mar 2019Conditional

  (A) THE CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE INTO LIVING ACCOMMODATION AND (B) INFILL EXTENSION BETWEEN GARAGE AND HOUSE

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 1950349

• 21 Dec 2018Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-STOREY DWELLING HOUSE, WITH ATTACHED GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Permission consequent, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851987

• 5 Dec 2018Conditional

  UNAUTHORISED WORKS RELATING TO PLANNING PERMISSIONS 06/51372 & 07/50446. THE UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT COMPRISES OF THE FOLLOWING: PLANNING REF: 06/51372 (1) LOCATION & ORIENTATION OF DWELLING ON SITE CHANGED (2) STONEWORK FINISH & ARCH PROVIDED TO FRONT PORCH (3) CONFIGURATION OF WINDOW TO LIVING ROOM CHANGED i.e. 2 NO. WINDOWS PROVIDED INSTEAD OF ONE AND (4) RE CONFIGURATION OF WINDOWS & REAR DOOR TO REAR ELEVATION. PLANNING REF: 07/50446 (1) LOCATION OF DWELLING ON SITE CHANGED (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING DWELLING AND (3) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851854

• 16 Nov 2018N/a

  UNAUTHORISED WORKS RELATING TO PLANNING PERMISSIONS 06/51372 & 07/50446. THE UNAUTHORISED DEVELOPMENT COMPRISES OF THE FOLLOWING: PLANNING REF: 06/51372 (1) LOCATION & ORIENTATION OF DWELLING ON SITE CHANGED (2) STONEWORK FINISH & ARCH PROVIDED TO FRONT PORCH (3) CONFIGURATION OF WINDOW TO LIVING ROOM CHANGED i.e. 2 NO. WINDOWS PROVIDED INSTEAD OF ONE AND (4) CONFIGURATION OF WINDOWS & REAR DOOR TO REAR ELEVATION. PLANNING REF: 07/50446 (1) LOCATION OF DWELLING ON SITE CHANGED (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISITNG DWELLING AND (3) CONSTRUCTION OF NEW DWELLING HOUSE

  Retention, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1851764

• 13 Dec 2017Conditional

  ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, GARAGE AND SEPTIC TANK AND PERCOLATION AREA AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS

  Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1751871

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: Lough Swilly SAC 002287
• Special Protection Area: Lough Swilly SPA 004075
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Lough Swilly Including Big Isle, Blanket Nook & Inch Lake 000166

Recorded monuments

• DG037-013001 Stone circle
  Description

  In the vicinity of a holy well, Boyle Somerville (1909, 228-9) noted a number of 'megalithic and other prehistoric remains'. These included 'three small stone earns' a large rounded mound, 'half of the circumference of a circle of very large stones', and, on a nearby hill, 'what look like the remains of a stone circle'. None of these features could be found but some may remain concealed as part of the area is forested. 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

• DG037-013002 Cairn - unclassified
  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.

• DG037-013003 Mound
  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.

• DG037-016 Stone circle
  Description

  A previous account (Boyle-Somerville 1909, 224-5) notes a 'prehistoric circle' on Ray Point. This survives as a low grass-covered mound, 10-11m in diameter, and composed of earth and stones. Its archaeological significance is uncertain. Situated on level pasture land c. 30m from the shore of Lough Swilly. 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

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Ray.

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 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 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 · An Ráith

Area

2,324,202 m² (232.42 ha, 574.32 acres)

Civil parish

Aughnish, and its townlands

Barony

Kilmacrenan

Electoral division

Glenalla, the unit of the census

Census 2022

530 people lived in 178 households in the Glenalla electoral division. 92% of households owned their home. 45% of homes were built since 2001. 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 7% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyconnelly, Craigmaddyroe Far, Drumherrive, Glenalla, Kinletteragh

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.