Rinnakill

43 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Rinnakill, from 21 m² to 445,663 m² (44.57 ha, 110.13 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 6 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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No zone of a development plan covers Rinnakill 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.

• 3 Nov 2022Conditional

  CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE EXISTING DWELLING AND ALL ANCILLARY SITE WORKS NECESSARY

  Permission · Donegal County Council, 2251799

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: Slieve League SAC 000189
• Special Protection Area: West Donegal Coast SPA 004150
• Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Slieve League 000189

Recorded monuments

• DG096-018001 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  'Tobernamanna' a modernised holy well surrounded by a cairn. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as 'Tobar na mBan Naomh or " The Well of the Holy Women," at Teelin. The turus is still made on the 23rd June, "Bonfire Night" Often if this night is fine the pilgrims sit up all night at the well until daylight. Stations are also made on the 29th June, probably because it is a Church holiday. The "Holy Women" are called locally Ciall, Tuigse, and Naire (Sense, Under standing and Modesty), and are said to have been three sisters (some deny, however, that they were sisters) who were reared at Rann na Cille, beside the well, and who became nuns, and blessed this well. Two of them are buried at Roilig na mBan, " the Graveyard of the Women," also near the well, and the third is buried east of Teelin Bay in Dúinín, and there is a Garraidh na Roilige, or Garden of the Cemetery in James Doherty's (Jimmy Antoine) land in Dúinín. But another tradition says one of the trio is buried in Cladach na gCaorach. Stations used to be made at both Dúinín and Cladach na gCaorach, but not in the present generation. The well at the former place is now dried up by artificial drainage, but the well in the latter place exists still. One old woman says there was but one turus and that the pilgrims used cross over from the Teelin to the Derrylahan side. The station on Bonfire Night suggests that it was originally a pagan sanctuary, christianised by early missionaries. Fishermen sailing out from Teelin Bay to fish in the open sea lower their sails by way of salute on passing Tobar na mBan Naomh, take off their caps, and ask the help and blessing of the holy women. An almost similar custom is observed by fishermen on the North-West coast of County Mayo, who, when passing under a jutting cliff known as the Cailleach Crom, salute it bareheaded three times in occult terms, at the same time striking the water with the flat of their oars. Crom is undoubtedly pagan, and the similarity of these customs strengthens the belief that Tobar na mBan Naomh is a christianised pagan sanctuary. But it has been the scene of Christian devotion now for thirteen centuries, and it is to be hoped our remarks will not lessen the veneration in which it is still held locally' (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 148-9). (Ó Muirgheasa Nos. 23, 24, 25) 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 06 January 2012

• DG096-018002 Penitential station
  Description

  A cairn (DG096-018002-) 7.1m x 6.2m with an altar built in the centre, approached by a passage from the S. There is a primitive stone cross (DG096-018004-) on top of the cairn. Immediately to the NNW is a drystone-walled structure (DG096-018003-) 3.4m x 2.5m, up to .65m in height. 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

• DG096-018003 Building
  Description

  A cairn (DG096-018002-) 7.1m x 6.2m with an altar built in the centre, approached by a passage from the S. There is a primitive stone cross (DG096-018004-) on top of the cairn. Immediately to the NNW is a drystone-walled structure (DG096-018003-) 3.4m x 2.5m, up to .65m in height. 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

• DG096-018004 Cross
  Description

  At a holy well (DG096-018001-). A cairn (DG096-018002-) 7.1m x 6.2m with an altar built in the centre, approached by a passage from the S. There is a primitive stone cross (DG096-018004-) on top of the cairn. Immediately to the NNW is a drystone-walled structure (DG096-018003-) 3.4m x 2.5m, up to .65m in height. 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 Lacy 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

• DG096-018005 Ritual site - holy well
  Description

  A well known as Tober Na gCoracb also as 'The Well of the Fair Winds'. Occasionally also referred to as Tobar Windy or Tobar Bhindig, but this name is said by some to refer to another well nearby. Described by Ó Muirgheasa in 1936 as 'But perhaps a better tradition is that which tells that it was not at Tobar na mBan Naomh (DG096-018001-) the fishermen used to salute but at another little well near it called Tobar na gCorach, "the Well of the Fair Winds". When Teelin boats were storm-stayed at Sligo, Ballina, or Belmullet if this Tobar na gCorach were cleaned out it would bring about favourable winds, but there was a danger that a member of the family that cleaned the well would die' (Ó Muirgheasa 1936, 149). (Ó Muirgheasa No. 26) 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. Compiled by Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 03 November 2011

• DG096-019 Church
  Description

  Situated beside the road at Teelin Bay pier are the fragmentary remains of a rectangular church, 7.97m × 4.87m internally. The walls are composed of a double face of very large boulders with pinnings and a core of small stones bonded with red-sand mortar. The interior is littered with collapse and some modern rubbish. The N and S walls, c. 1.2m in maximum height, and W gable c. 0.9m high, are featureless. The E gable, 2.6m at maximum height, has a wide central ragged gap which is probably the site of a window. The gable of a factory shed is built almost flush against it and the wall of another shed hems in the church on the S. A quantity of bones were dug up close to the church in the 1890's, possibly indicating a graveyard (DG096-019001-) no longer visible. 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

• DG096-019001 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated beside the road at Teelin Bay pier are the fragmentary remains of a rectangular church (DG096-019-). The gable of a factory shed is built almost flush against it and the wall of another shed hems in the church on the S. A quantity of bones were dug up close to the church in the 1890's, possibly indicating a graveyard (DG096-019001-) no longer visible. 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

• Stáisiún Garda Cósta an Teileann, boathouse, coastguard station, 1860–1880 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached gable-fronted single-bay single-storey former coastguard boathouse, built 1871, originally associated with Teelin Coastguard Station (now ruinous and not in survey). Now in use as a private boathouse. Pitched corrugated metal roof. Roughcast rendered finish over rubble stone construction with rock-faced ashlar sandstone block-and-start quoins to the corners of the front elevation (north) with dressed margins. Single segmental-headed window opening to the centre of each side elevation (east and west) having rock-faced ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds with dressed margins, cut stone sills; openings now blocked. Segmental-headed carriage-arch to the front elevation (north) having rock-faced ashlar sandstone block-and-start surrounds with dressed margins, and with replacement timber double-doors. Set back from road adjacent to Teelin Pier, and to the south-west of Cill Charta/Kilcar. Remains of associated former coastguard station to the south-west (not in survey); associated slipway to the north having rubble stone construction and with cobbled decked. Former icehouse adjacent to the west.

• Water pump, 1900–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Freestanding cast-iron water hydrant, erected c. 1910, comprising fluted shaft on moulded base surmounted by fluted domed capping with acorn finial over, and having lion's head motif to spout. Pull lever to side. Out of use. Foundry mark 'Glenfield & Kennedy Ltd, Kilmarnock' to shaft. Sited adjacent to rubble stone wall at the landward end of Teelin Pier, and to the south-west of Cill Charta/Kilcar.

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 Rinnakill, about 1 in 5 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. Parts of the land are made ground and water.

Terrain model

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

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

Name

Rinnakill · Rann na Cille

Area

827,945 m² (82.79 ha, 204.59 acres)

Civil parish

Glencolumbkille, and its townlands

Barony

Banagh

Electoral division

West Donegal, the unit of the census

Census 2022

732 people lived in 273 households in the West Donegal electoral division. 75% of households owned their home. 26% of homes were built since 2001. 22% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 19% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ummerawirrinan

Gaeltacht

In an Irish-speaking area

Placenames

Rinnakill 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.