Sessiagh (O'Neill)
Townland in the civil parish of Donaghmore, barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal; in Irish Seisíoch Uí Néill
- Area
- 91.5 ha
- 226 acres
- Land parcels
- 115
- registered freehold, median 2,449 m² (0.24 ha, 0.61 acres)
- Zoning
- —
- not in a zoned settlement
- Planning
- 16
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
115 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Sessiagh (O'Neill), from 24 m² to 179,550 m² (17.96 ha, 44.37 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 45 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 Sessiagh (O'Neill) 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
20 Apr 2026Conditional
(1) USABLE SPACE AT 2ND FLOOR, PREVIOUSLY GRANTED AS ATTIC SPACE UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 05/9300, (2) INCREASE IN THE EAVES AND RIDGE HEIGHT FOR THE GARAGE TO THE REAR OF THE HOUSE TO FACILITATE ATTIC STORAGE, ORIGINAL GARAGE GRANTED PERMISSION UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 05/9300 AND (3) COVERED CARPORT LINKING THE REAR OF THE MAIN HOUSE TO THE GARAGE BEHIND, ORIGINALLY GRANTED UNDER PLANNING REF. NO. 05/9300
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2660675
22 Sept 2023Conditional
(1) CHANGE OF USE FROM PART OF RETAIL WAREHOUSE TO RETAIL USE, (2) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING 2 STOREY GABLE TO FRONT ELEVATION AND CONSTRUCTION OF A REPLACEMENT 2 STOREY FRONT GABLE, (3) ALL INTERNAL MODIFICATIONS INCLUDING THE ADDITION OF A FIRST FLOOR LEVEL TO PROVIDE ALL OFFICE AND ANCILLARY ACCOMMODATION INCORPORATING A RETAIL CAFÉ / COFFEE BAR AREA AND (4) ALL EXTERNAL SIGNAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2351419
9 Dec 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK AND OTHER ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2152456
8 Oct 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION INCLUDING LIVING ROOM, ENTRANCE HALL, UTILITY ROOM & WC TO AN EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151992
21 Sept 2021Conditional
(1) DEMOLITION OF A SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION TO THE REAR OF THE DWELLING HOUSE (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW ENLARGED SINGLE STOREY EXTENSION AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 2151880
14 Jun 2021Conditional
ERECTION OF DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2151169
12 May 2021N/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, 2150893
31 Aug 2020Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 2051209
8 Jul 2020Unconditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Extension of duration · Donegal County Council, 2050888
24 May 2020Conditional
(1) EXTENSION TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE (2) 2 NO. STORAGE SHEDS/OUTBUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Retention · Donegal County Council, 2050550
10 Apr 2019Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950522
25 Feb 2019N/a
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Outline permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1950243
2 Nov 2018Conditional
RELOCATION OF VEHICULAR ENTRANCE APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NUMBER 15/50829 AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851674
29 Aug 2018N/a
RELOCATION OF THE VEHICULAR ENTRANCE APPROVED UNDER PLANNING REF. NUMBER 15/50829 AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1851344
5 Jul 2017Conditional
(1) CONSTRUCTION OF EXTENSIONS TO THE FRONT AND REAR OF EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND PROVISION OF A NEW RAISED ROOF TO BE CONSTRUCTED OVER THE EXISTING DWELLING HOUSE AND PROPOSED EXTENSION AREAS PROVIDING FIRST FLOOR HABITABLE SPACE, ASSOCIATED WINDOWS, ROOF LIGHTS AND AMENDMENTS TO EXISTING ELEVATIONS AND (2) CONSTRUCTION OF A DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission · Donegal County Council, 1751053
7 Apr 2017Conditional
CONSTRUCTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE, DETACHED DOMESTIC GARAGE, SEPTIC TANK/SEWAGE TREATMENT SYSTEM AND ASSOCIATED SITE DEVELOPMENT WORKS
Permission, 1 home · Donegal County Council, 1750522
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 Sessiagh (O'Neill).
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Sessiagh (O'Neill).
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Sessiagh (O'Neill).
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 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility moderately low, low, on the 1:50,000 map.
- Terrain model
- No LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Sessiagh (O'Neill).
- 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 Sessiagh (O'Neill) with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal.
The townland
- Name
- Sessiagh (O'Neill) · Seisíoch Uí Néill
- Area
- 915,393 m² (91.54 ha, 226.2 acres)
- Civil parish
- Donaghmore, and its townlands
- Barony
- Raphoe South
- Electoral division
- Knock, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Knock electoral division: 1,922 people in 665 households; 76% of households own their home; 53% of homes were built since 2001; 6% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballybofey, Carrickmagrath, Corgary, Knock, Navenny
- Placenames
- Sessiagh (O'Neill) 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.