# Skerry, Co. Donegal: townland, land parcels and planning Townland in the civil parish of Kilmacrenan, barony of Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal. - Area (Tailte Éireann): 743,862 m² (74.39 ha, 183.81 acres) - Land parcels (Tailte Éireann): 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in it, median 2,990 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres) - Zoning (national zoning, MyPlan): not in a zoned settlement - Planning (National Planning Applications): 4 applications since 2010 - Civil parish: Kilmacrenan, https://everytownland.com/donegal/parish/kilmacrenan.md - Barony: Kilmacrenan - Electoral division: Loughkeel, the unit of the census - Census 2022 (Central Statistics Office): 331 people lived in 106 households in the Loughkeel electoral division. 88% of households owned their home. 42% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 8% were holiday homes. - County: Co. Donegal, https://everytownland.com/donegal.md - Placenames Database of Ireland: https://www.logainm.ie/en/15937 - Townland number at Tailte Éireann: 52391 - Centre: latitude 55.052858, longitude -7.770068 (WGS 84) ## Land parcels (registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann) 30 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Skerry, from 424 m² to 118,557 m² (11.86 ha, 29.3 acres); 10 neighbouring parcels touch its boundary. Largest first: - Parcel 1395527: 118,557 m² (11.86 ha, 29.3 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1395527.md - Parcel 1426822: 111,062 m² (11.11 ha, 27.44 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1426822.md - Parcel 1369442: 110,562 m² (11.06 ha, 27.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1369442.md - Parcel 1310031: 59,455 m² (5.95 ha, 14.69 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1310031.md - Parcel 1357486: 49,846 m² (4.98 ha, 12.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1357486.md - Parcel 1330630: 37,492 m² (3.75 ha, 9.26 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1330630.md - Parcel 1321695: 30,526 m² (3.05 ha, 7.54 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1321695.md - Parcel 1315356: 26,408 m² (2.64 ha, 6.53 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1315356.md - Parcel 1424181: 26,236 m² (2.62 ha, 6.48 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1424181.md - Parcel 1421934: 21,509 m² (2.15 ha, 5.32 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1421934.md - Parcel 1301751: 19,262 m² (1.93 ha, 4.76 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1301751.md - Parcel 5386716: 15,001 m² (1.5 ha, 3.71 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5386716.md - Parcel 3663549: 3,868 m² (0.39 ha, 0.96 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663549.md - Parcel 1334538: 3,660 m² (0.37 ha, 0.9 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1334538.md - Parcel 4857692: 2,994 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/4857692.md - Parcel 3663548: 2,985 m² (0.3 ha, 0.74 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663548.md - Parcel 5386722: 2,508 m² (0.25 ha, 0.62 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5386722.md - Parcel 3663551: 2,443 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663551.md - Parcel 3663550: 2,435 m² (0.24 ha, 0.6 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/3663550.md - Parcel 1333651: 2,261 m² (0.23 ha, 0.56 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/1333651.md - Parcel 5386712: 2,007 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5386712.md - Parcel 5386717: 2,003 m² (0.2 ha, 0.5 acres), https://everytownland.com/parcel/5386717.md - Parcel 5386721: 1,826 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/5386721.md - Parcel 1375170: 1,675 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1375170.md - Parcel 1376803: 1,633 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1376803.md - Parcel 1332801: 1,373 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1332801.md - Parcel 1382688: 1,022 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1382688.md - Parcel 1413050: 814 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1413050.md - Parcel 1415111: 688 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1415111.md - Parcel 1329904: 424 m², https://everytownland.com/parcel/1329904.md ## Zoning (national zoning of development plans, MyPlan) No zone of a development plan covers Skerry in the national zoning. Outside zoned towns and villages, the county development plan's rural policies apply to each application. ## Planning applications whose site touches the townland (National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage) 4 applications, newest first. - 5 Jun 2024, Donegal County Council 2460830: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. (1) DEMOLITION OF EXISTING (DEFECTIVE/MICA) DWELLING HOUSE, (2) RECONSTRUCTION OF A NEW REPLACEMENT DWELLING HOUSE AND CONNECTION TO EXISTING SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT ON SITE AND ALL ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/2460830/0 - 8 Nov 2017, Donegal County Council 1751701: Conditional. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF A DWELLING HOUSE WITH SEPTIC TANK. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751701/0 - 20 Jul 2017, Donegal County Council 1751145: Refused. Permission, 1 home. ERECTION OF TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1751145/0 - 29 May 2017, Donegal County Council 1750853: N/a. Permission, 1 home. CONSTRUCTION OF TWO STOREY DWELLING HOUSE AND WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM. File: https://www.eplanning.ie/DonegalCC/AppFileRefDetails/1750853/0 Applicants are not shown. ## Designated sites (National Parks and Wildlife Service) No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Skerry. ## Recorded monuments (Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service) - DG036-026: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG036-026----. Internal diam. c. 20m. A circular area enclosed by an earthen bank up to 1m in height and a fosse c. 2m wide. Part of the S area has been removed and replaced by a field boundary. The N part of the fosse has been deepened as a drain. A 2m gap in the bank to the NNW is due to modern destruction. A ruined field bank runs W from the perimeter on the NNW side. The site is located in a commanding position in good pasture 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 - DG045-001: Ringfort - rath, https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CDG045-001----. Internal diam. 31.5m N-S and 37.5m NE-SW. An oval space defined on its N side by a stretch of earthen bank 2m high and an external fosse 3m wide. The S side is defined by a steep artificially raised platform edge up to 5m in height. Two large stones on the interior of the bank suggest that it was originally stone-faced. Part of the fosse is now used as a trackway. A 2m wide gap in the bank to the N is probably the original entrance as there is no fosse before it. The interior slopes N to S as does the external ground. There are extensive views. The land is covered by bushes. 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 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). ## Architectural heritage (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Skerry. ## Ground and risks (Radon Risk Map of Ireland, EPA; Landslide Susceptibility Classification and LiDAR, Geological Survey Ireland) - Radon: at the centre of the townland of Skerry, about 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home: https://www.epa.ie/environment-and-you/radon/radon-testing/#d.en.82887 - Landslides: The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as moderately high, moderately low, low, partly inferred. Parts of the land are water. - Terrain model: no LiDAR survey of the Office of Public Works covers the centre of the townland of Skerry. - Flooding: the flood maps of the Office of Public Works, https://www.floodinfo.ie/map/floodmaps/, linked only: their licence does not allow re-use. 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. ## Downloads - DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings, for a drawing program: https://everytownland.com/donegal/skerry.dxf - GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map: https://everytownland.com/donegal/skerry.geojson - KML, for Google Earth: https://everytownland.com/donegal/skerry.kml ## Homes sold (Residential Property Price Register) No address of the register names Skerry with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Donegal: https://everytownland.com/donegal.md ## Neighbouring townlands (National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann) - Carrownasaul: https://everytownland.com/donegal/carrownasaul.md - Casheleenan: https://everytownland.com/donegal/casheleenan.md - Gortnaskeagh: https://everytownland.com/donegal/gortnaskeagh.md - Skreen Upper: https://everytownland.com/donegal/skreen-upper.md - Tawny Middle: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tawny-middle.md - Tawny Upper: https://everytownland.com/donegal/tawny-upper.md 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. --- Everytownland reads the registered freehold land and the statutory boundaries of Tailte Éireann, the national zoning, planning file and heritage records of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Residential Property Price Register. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee; this site names no owner. A price is the price recorded for a past sale, not a valuation. Sources: Cadastral Parcels Freehold, Townlands, Civil Parishes, Baronies, Electoral Divisions and Buildings, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0; national zoning of development plans (GZT, MyPlan) and National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0, applicants not shown; designated sites, National Parks and Wildlife Service, CC BY 4.0; Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service, CC BY 4.0; National Inventory of Architectural Heritage, CC BY 4.0; Residential Property Price Register, Property Services Regulatory Authority, re-used with the source acknowledged. - Page: https://everytownland.com/donegal/skerry - In JSON: https://everytownland.com/api/townland/donegal/skerry